Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy after Twitter ban

Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by newen on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:57AM (#21416376)

Why does there have to be some permanent solution to a problem? There is no permanent solution to crime, for example. You just have law enforcement because we as a society decided that crime is bad.

Similarly, if we decide that inequality in terms of being able to politically influence people is bad, and money exacerbates that inequality, then we can ban political ads. And if something else comes along that does the same thing, ban that too in a way that makes sense.

Having such a small number of people wield such huge political influence is a shame, but what is even worse is when people accept that as inevitable and perpetuates that myth.

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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by matz1 on Friday November 01, 2019 @08:48AM (#21418142)

In regards to crime, i think you are talking about reducing crime, not eliminating it.

My post was just talking about eliminating inequality. I make no claim about reducing inequality.

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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by newen on Friday November 01, 2019 @09:14AM (#21418349)

That's really a motte and bailey situation then, isn't it? You say that you are talking about eliminating inequality, but then you use that to argue that reducing inequality isn't possible while still allowing yourself to retreat to the eliminating inequality position when challenged.

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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by matz1 on Friday November 01, 2019 @09:31AM (#21418541)

I say eliminating inequality may be impossible. No where I make claim about reducing inequality.

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