Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritarianism

Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by stale2002 on Monday December 24, 2018 @06:18PM (#18754824)

> How about if you're planning to hurt others?

The rule of thumb that I go by is "we should allow whatever it is that the United States Supreme Court allows".

The thorny edge cases that you are talking about have been explored in depth by the Supreme Court, and I think that they have made good decisions.

(IE, the good decisions that they have made is to almost always side in favor of free speech).

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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by intended on Monday December 24, 2018 @09:24PM (#18755485)

I promise you, moderators work on thornier edge cases, with less experience and much less time than Supreme Court judges.

Further The USA SC is an unrealistic expectation and pointless bar of value when talking about Facebook and international speech.

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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by stale2002 on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:24PM (#18755885)

> with less experience and much less time than Supreme Court judges.

I am not talking about the time that it would take to decide a case. I am instead using the Supreme Court as a general example of where on the scale of freedom/ censorship that platforms should take.

The location on that scale should be "What would the supreme court do?" I think that they have chosen a good balance, is why.

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