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Re:Facebook is imposing American censorship on the rest of t... by fsloth on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:14AM (#12480379)
"It is the main platform because those folks agree with the terms of use and privacy policy"

I disagree. Do you know how many general users have the vaguest ideas what those things are? People en masse use Facebook because other people do - they have very limited of awareness of anything how Facebook skews their view of reality and what limits their communication on the said platform has - until they hit those limits. They just know all of their friends are on the platform, so they must be there too.

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Re:Facebook is imposing American censorship on the rest of t... by electic on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:16PM (#12480963)
I think you nailed it right there. People have not hit those "limits" and are okay with what they see on the platform. Since there is no decent, the people are OK with Facebook's handling of cleaning content.
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Re:Facebook is imposing American censorship on the rest of t... by sp332 on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:29PM (#12481087)
[Assuming you mean "dissent".] I see plenty of complaining about what Facebook doesn't allow... like the article we're referring to for example. I even see some on Facebook, especially about the breastfeeding policy. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook#Censorsh...
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