Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t be able to buy ads

Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by kbutler on Monday August 28, 2017 @03:36PM (#15119395)

I'm neither a heavy Facebook user nor a fan of Trump, but doesn't it make you at least a little bit nervous that a many-billion-dollar company is going to start selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with?

What happened to the traditional liberal distrust of big corporations?

What about if Facebook decides discussion of privacy violations online is "fake news?"

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by JacobJans on Monday August 28, 2017 @03:56PM (#15119555)

You'd be hard-pressed to find a large media company that doesn't selectively curate the media they distribute.

Anyone that runs a business has the responsibility to consider the ethical ramifications of their business activities, and to respond in a way that aligns with their ethical values.

FYI –– Y Combinator does exactly this on Hacker News: "selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with"

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by sqeaky on Monday August 28, 2017 @04:19PM (#15119733)

Doesn't worry me in the least. I am surprised they weren't already heavily filtered.

I also don't use facebook at all.

It would worry me if an ISP or other group that should be a common carrier were censoring things. Or if the government censored things. But people on facebook are willingly buying into whatever facebook is providing.

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