Re:Facebook blocks sharing of critical Guardian article
by koonsolo on Saturday September 29, 2018 @04:49AM
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You are 100% correct in theory, and everybody here knows this.
But the problem is that in practice, most people live on Facebook, and don't really care about any of this. This means that companies such as Facebook have a huge influence on what people see.
So the question really is, do we, as a democratic society, allow a single company to have such a big power over the opinion of the masses.
I don't have a proper answer for this, but that question is definitely there, regardless of the fact that people are not forced to use it.
But the problem is that in practice, most people live on Facebook, and don't really care about any of this. This means that companies such as Facebook have a huge influence on what people see.
So the question really is, do we, as a democratic society, allow a single company to have such a big power over the opinion of the masses.
I don't have a proper answer for this, but that question is definitely there, regardless of the fact that people are not forced to use it.