Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression
by mc32 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:34PM
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Let’s see how this works out. Certainly I think they are in their rights to censor illegal activities and speech. But we’ll see if the delve further into censoring otherwise legal free speech.
If they start looking into truthfulness of political ads, they’ll eventually have to monitor all ads for truth and deceit. They probably don’t want to go there.
I also hope this turns into a productive discussion.
Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression
by jdkee on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:37PM
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They would likely lose Section 230 protections as a "provider" and be relegated to that of "information content provider" if Facebook begins editing political speech.
If they start looking into truthfulness of political ads, they’ll eventually have to monitor all ads for truth and deceit. They probably don’t want to go there.
I also hope this turns into a productive discussion.