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Re:Facebook blocks sharing of critical Guardian article by aphextron on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:40PM (#18096861)
>Yeah, if they actually wanted to censor something they would do it silently, by not showing it in people's news feeds.

Not really. Reddit does exactly this. Posts to /r/news are only allowed from a whitelist of "real news" sources.

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Re:Facebook blocks sharing of critical Guardian article by worldsayshi on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:48PM (#18096937)
Huh? Well I meant if they want to censor something silently they could get away with that.
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