UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar

Re:UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar by mankash666 on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:02PM (#16739818)

You're completely wrong. Facebook's stock has crashed in the past week - perception very much matters. While virality is facebook's USP, there's no evidence that an alternative viral tech option would not have resulted in a similar outcome.

It's convenient to blame facebook, and ignore the goverment's actions. And it's convenient to ignore the fact that facebook is infrastructure, like roads and electricity. When bad people use roads and electricity, you do not cut it off for the rest of society, or blame the roads for bad things

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Re:UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar by anigbrowl on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @02:17AM (#16742303)

Facebook isn't infrastructure like roads and electricity because it's not neutral. I don't hate FB, but it's a privately owned platform. Real infrastructure uses protocols, not platforms.

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Re:UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar by conradev on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:21PM (#16741104)

> When bad people use roads and electricity, you do not cut it off for the rest of society, or blame the roads for bad things

No – instead, the government passes regulation to minimize the number of people that die on the roads. Your car needs to meet safety standards to drive on the road, it needs to be registered with the government, and you need to be licensed to drive it.

Things that become interwoven in the fabric of society don't automatically just get a free pass. I would say the opposite happens, actually.

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