Re:Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
by Avicebron on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:28PM
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And not people advocating mass censorship on communication platforms? Please, you're biases are showing and it's embarrassing.
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Re:Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
by kennywinker on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:40PM
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You can't have it both ways. Either facebook/twitter/instagram are common-carrier public squares, or they are private corporations. If they are private corps, they can block whatever they want. If they are common carriers, they can't censor people, but they will also have to open up their platforms to competition and submit to more government oversight to allow for fair and equal access.
Re:Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
by Avicebron on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:45PM
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I see no issue with the second option. Do you have an argument against that?
Re:Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
by kennywinker on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:54PM
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Nope. I'm for it. But you can't get upset about social media "censorship" without calling for these companies to be treated as common carrier / public squares and I see a lot of the former and not a lot of the latter. I suspect because gov. regulation of enterprise is traditionally opposed by the same right wing that is currently upset about social media censorship.