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As furyg3 and I pointed out, if Facebook is going to take a self-righteous "We support free speech on our site!" stand on Holocaust denial, it is absurd for the
by johnnybgoode 17y ago
As furyg3 and I pointed out, if Facebook is going to take a self-righteous "We support free speech on our site!" stand on Holocaust denial, it is absurd for them to ban nipples.
And believe me, a lot of people are offended by Holocaust denial. It probably wouldn't be illegal in many Western nations otherwise. (Many Western countries, aside from the US, are not so big on free speech.)
- axod 17y agoAre pictures even in the same bucket as speech though? I don't see the similarity here.
- johnnybgoode 17y agoYes, that's why it's sometimes called "freedom of expression" instead of "freedom of speech."
- axod 17y agoIt's probably more logistics though. Banning nipples makes a clear and easy line. If they didn't have the line there, where would it be? Nudity? erect penises? Hardcore? Logistically they need a line on how they moderate pictures. Text/groups on the other hand, is just text. Personally, I don't really find text offensive unless it's directed at me or my family, in a threatening way - eg "We're going to hunt axod down and skin him like a fish". If it's just idiots ranting on about how they hate some group of people, trying to ban or moderate that only draws attention to them.