Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fight against hate speech

Re:Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fi... by dontcarethrow2 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:45AM (#24316877)

Investors don't mind, users don't seem to care. Can we pinpoint why it is 'bad'? People are making money, signs that the product brings 'value' to society. I am young, how much of the world has Murdoch influenced? Has it all been bad? Sounds like a player that made it. Do we change the game in this case?

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Re:Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fi... by triceratops on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:46PM (#24321204)

> I am young, how much of the world has Murdoch influenced?

That's a testament to his influence, that you can't even imagine a different world.

> Has it all been bad?

Their stance about climate change alone is bad enough to wipe out anything positive they might have done. But yeah, nearly all of it has been bad.

> Sounds like a player that made it.

That's what people said about Stalin and Mao too.

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Re:Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fi... by srean on Saturday August 29, 2020 @01:51PM (#24317988)

Well all those arguments could be made about slave trade to. People made money, investors liked it. Surely it brought value to the society.

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