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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by hardtke on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:38PM (#24795082)
Stepping outside the US, there is evidence that misinformation spread of Facebook (including WhatsApp) was directly responsible for the Rohingya genocide and forced migration [1]. At what point do these platforms have an obligation to not allow themselves be used for such campaigns?

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...

Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by username90 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:13PM (#24795453)
Letting Facebook censor WhatsApp is like censoring SMS. Should we let private companies censor SMS messages?