Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t...
by wooter on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:44PM
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> If free speech is being abused to do what we're afraid censorship will do, doesn't that create a contradiction in your logic?
Irrelevant. Limiting speech doesn't solve that contradiction, it only guarantees the worse outcome. More speech solves your proposed "contradiction" just fine.
Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t...
by smhost on Monday August 28, 2017 @02:11PM
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That seems like a distinction without a difference. Would you be happier with a system that pushed disproportionately more "true" speech at the vulnerable (ignorant) demographic?
Irrelevant. Limiting speech doesn't solve that contradiction, it only guarantees the worse outcome. More speech solves your proposed "contradiction" just fine.