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Re:Facebook is imposing American censorship on the rest of t... by ashwinaj on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:08AM (#12480322)
Totally agree!

I fail to understand why is this a 'problem'. FB can do as they please (fail or succeed as a consequence), they aren't a tax payer funded institution answerable to the public at large.

In effect, people are dictating how FB should 'run their business'.

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Re:Facebook is imposing American censorship on the rest of t... by RandomOpinion on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:10PM (#12480909)
>I fail to understand why is this a 'problem'. FB can do as they please (fail or succeed as a consequence), they aren't a tax payer funded institution answerable to the public at large. In effect, people are dictating how FB should 'run their business'.

Much like the Microsoft anti-trust suits of the early '00s? There was nothing then (just as there is now) that forced people to use Microsoft products; numerous OS and software alternatives existed.

Facebook is currently large enough to distort industries and markets, just as Microsoft once was.

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Re:Facebook is imposing American censorship on the rest of t... by AndrewKemendo on Monday September 12, 2016 @01:20PM (#12481627)
Much like the Microsoft anti-trust suits of the early '00s?

Which were equally bullshit.

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