We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them

Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by mmmBacon on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @12:19AM (#18343325)

The US Constitution also codifies freedom of association so you can have free speech but you can’t force me to associate with you. In the US companies have freedom of association as long as they don’t violate a protected class ( race, religion, sex, age, national origin, etc...). Since you the government can’t force a company to associate with someone they disagree with, you can be fired for things you say.

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by skrebbel on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:15AM (#18343682)

GP explicitly called out that there is not just a legal issue of free speech, but also a cultural one. Your response, "but it's legal!" in short, does not address that at all.

Lots of things are legal but maybe not what we want. I'd say a working culture where having the wrong political opinion can get you fired is definitely one of them.

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by manigandham on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:59AM (#18346817)

Think that through then - what do you want the government do to in that situation? Start to police culture? How would that go? Are you sure that won't end in unintended consequences?

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by skrebbel on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:28PM (#18348129)

Who says I (or @coffeemug) is arguing for government action?

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by manigandham on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:54PM (#18350592)

Do you have another way to police and enforce culture? What are you actually arguing then, since you claim the comments don't address your issue?

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by ddingus on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:47PM (#18348262)

How else does it get done?

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by ddingus on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:14AM (#18343516)

As it should be.

There is no shield in the first Amendment.

Just because it is legal to say does not mean it should be said.

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by ddingus on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @03:23PM (#18348563)

Before you write that off, consider speech with built in impunity.

The shield is not there because there needs to be checks and balances on speech. While we do see unfortunate outcomes, review them. All those people had options.

People often cite the Mozilla event. It is not so often mentioned how a lot of people were going to leave.

Being a leader, in that example, carries with it some implications. People do not blindly follow in enough numbers to be a concern.

These are human dynamics. Legislating them, and or expecting people to deal en mass with others to the degree needed here is impractical.

There are risks and rewards in all aspects of life, very few sure things. We are nowhere near a state of society where it is possible to consider otherwise.

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