Re:Facebook removed 1.5M videos of the Christchurch attacks ...
by caprese on Sunday March 17, 2019 @05:41PM
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They put themselves in this position of deciding to arbitrarily delete things such that this PR would even be possible.
If they weren't in the business of policing the network this way, the deletions would only be in response to a court order - which do happen. Then they would be in the PR favor by deciding to ignore "another country's" court order, and "exiting that market" if it was a better business decision.
This is one of the grand luxuries of international business, and Facebook is paying for it - in this case - instead of enjoying the privilege.
Someone should tell them PM to change her statement to "Our censorship laws are about to change"
Re:Facebook removed 1.5M videos of the Christchurch attacks ...
by solveit on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:30PM
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You think refusing to delete a snuff film would give them good PR? Presumably because they stuck to their principles???
What world do you live in? People by and large do not actually want that level of free speech.
“Facebook asked to block snuff film, instead decides to block entire country and continue to distribute the snuff film.”
Facebook clearly don’t want to distribute snuff films, child porn, or other objectionable material, regardless of where in the world the operate.