Re:Facebook 'blocks accounts' of Palestinian journalists
by shkkmo on Monday September 26, 2016 @10:12AM
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> though they only filter on a country wide basis and not remove content for everyone else)
And that is a very critical difference.
Censorship happens on many platforms, but when that censorship is being done to journalists the violations are particularly egregious.
Re:Facebook 'blocks accounts' of Palestinian journalists
by Crosseye_Jack on Monday September 26, 2016 @10:34AM
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And I completely agree. I don't agree with censoring journalists and when I find sites I use doing it I make a personal dicision if I want to keep using that site.
I would hate to be in this position. Do you comply and block accounts and those with a loud enough voice will shout loudly enough that they can get back in or run the risk of upsetting the people that hold the keys to your market?
Re:Facebook 'blocks accounts' of Palestinian journalists
by jonasty on Monday September 26, 2016 @11:18AM
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What's the point of posting a 'random guess' and then writing out a conspiracy theory involving Israel and Facebook? Pure BS.
Re:Facebook 'blocks accounts' of Palestinian journalists
by Crosseye_Jack on Monday September 26, 2016 @11:35AM
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Fair point on the random guess because i'm not on the inside at FB. But FB and Israel are working together to remove incitement on FB. Gilad Erdan and Ayelet Shaked have pushed for legislation to force social networks such as FB to remove content that Israel considers to be incitement which caused the agreement to work together to remove such content.
Random guess. Facebook got put in a position where if they didn't allow Israeli to close down accounts due to "incitement" they ran the risk of being labelled as an "incitement website" and having access blocked completely. So they chose what was better for their business. I don't agree with it but it's facebooks garden and they can choose who plays in it and who acts as the gatekeepers to it. Same happens on other sites. reddit block access to certain pages from Russia (though they only filter on a country wide basis and not remove content for everyone else). If Twitter thinks you are a problem (or becoming one) they will boot you off.