3 ms·
i believe there is a general understanding that public spaces should allow free expression up to a point, but definitely not silence for political reasons. Face
by seydor 2y ago
i believe there is a general understanding that public spaces should allow free expression up to a point, but definitely not silence for political reasons. Facebook can be considered broadly a public space because it is so widely popular and monopolistic in a way that previous media have never been. There is a limit to calling something private when it is being used by so many , and it is separate from its private company ownership. If it were a niche site nobody cares. BTW "we" don't moderate anything, the people who run those websites do
- scarface_74 2y agoFacebook is in no legal framework a “public space”. It’s a private entity.
- Applejinx 2y agoNote, however, that its whole marketing angle is that it is to be THE public space: the only internet public space to care about. Not a legal positioning, a social pressuring.
- freejazz 2y agoOkay? And people gather at the mall, or outside the movie theatre near my house... that doesn't make it not private property.
- maeln 2y agoFacebook is not a public space. You can make your own website and platform if you want to say thing that they don't want you saying over there. You cannot make your own government on the other hand, hence why it is important to point out the difference.