Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by roenxi on Thursday May 02, 2019 @06:58PM
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I really wanted to disagree with both 'fringe' and 'dangerous', but it must be said your argument in favour of fringe is compelling.
'Dangerous' is still unsettling. Mark Zuckerberg has been floated as a possible-but-out-there presidential candidate and he isn't likely to run on the Republican ticket.
Words like 'dangerous' with justifications like yours ('well, they aren't directly responsible but they might ...') can be used, with minor variations, to justify suppression of:
* Any major religion
* Any racially coordinated group that trys to organise to better their social poisition
* Any innovative business model that threatens established companies
If Facebook bans show an ideological bias then that is bad even if it is legal. It isn't like the left is free of dangerous idiots inspired by rabid media [0]. There is going to be some bias in some direction - obviously - but this is a space to watch for evidence of a real problem. Facebook should not be shaping political dialog in the borderline cases, that isn't something they are known to be good at.
'Dangerous' is still unsettling. Mark Zuckerberg has been floated as a possible-but-out-there presidential candidate and he isn't likely to run on the Republican ticket.
Words like 'dangerous' with justifications like yours ('well, they aren't directly responsible but they might ...') can be used, with minor variations, to justify suppression of:
* Any major religion
* Any racially coordinated group that trys to organise to better their social poisition
* Any innovative business model that threatens established companies
If Facebook bans show an ideological bias then that is bad even if it is legal. It isn't like the left is free of dangerous idiots inspired by rabid media [0]. There is going to be some bias in some direction - obviously - but this is a space to watch for evidence of a real problem. Facebook should not be shaping political dialog in the borderline cases, that isn't something they are known to be good at.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Congressional_baseball_sh...