Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Trump comments

Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by rocketpastsix on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:15AM (#23378680)

there is a difference between saying "I think this war (insert a war: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc) is wrong and unjust" and your quote is absolutely true. Some people believe in the wars, some dont but ultimately its up to us to understand a statement like above can be said openly and honestly and without fear of retribution.

However, and where Facebook crosses a line, is that when you allow someone to post unabashedly false things to drive emotions. Saying "Trump is a weak leader" isn't wrong or false, just an opinion. Saying that Nancy Pelosi murdered a baby deer with her bare hands on the floor of the House and pushing it as absolutely true is where we currently are.

You don't have a right to push verifiably false information with no recourse. You have a right to say your opinion. Just like you can't yell fire in a movie theater, or bomb on an airplane.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by keiferski on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:20AM (#23378728)

In theory, that all makes sense. Except in reality, it doesn’t play out that way. There is no neutral arbiter on what is a fact or what precise meaning a 140-character tweet is supposed to have. Philosophers have written about this for centuries. In the current political climate I really don’t trust any side to be mature enough to present all perspectives on a situation.

As I said, our culture has become so insecure that people are begging for censorship of ideas they don’t like. It’s a dangerous road to go down.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by Lammy on Monday June 01, 2020 @01:46PM (#23381359)

Your concept of what’s factual has to be rooted in something.

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