Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by miemo on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:22PM
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it's not equal exposure at all, it's equal opportunity for exposure.
i can post a comment on FB and get 0 likes, that doesn't give me equal exposure to the latest nike video on their page.
denying opportunity for exposure is giving that platform the ultimate authority on what shouldn't be able to be exposed in society, if society is reliant on that platform.
i don't want alex jones to have exposure, but i don't want an exec deciding what's next on the chopping block. a page suggesting publicly available employee salaries? they shouldn't have that power
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by SantalBlush on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:30PM
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Society in the United States is in no way reliant on that platform. If it were, then we would be in agreement.
If we're talking about internet providers, that's a different issue, since they are a user's conduit to the entire web. Those absolutely should not be able to choose which accounts to favor.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by wolco on Friday May 03, 2019 @02:09AM
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Not free speech but open platforms.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by BubRoss on Friday May 03, 2019 @11:24PM
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There are plenty of places on the internet more lenient than the biggest websites. Check out voat and see what happens when people banned from other platforms go to the same place. It isn't pretty but at least they aren't a blight on other groups.
This isn't true though. Alex Jones can disseminate his message through countless other websites, which have their own users. This is really just advocating for equal exposure of opinions, which isn't a free speech issue.