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Re:Facebook’s experimental hate-speech policy seems to be wo... by kaba0 on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:26PM (#25165188)
That’s a bad take. If facebook would be your ordinary pop&mom shop, you would be right. But as it stands, it is currently used as the only news’ source, communication method for a great majority of many countries’ residents - at which point it should not be exempt of questioning what their algorithm places in front of everyone - as it demonstratebly changes people’s biases/opinion on important topics.
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Re:Facebook’s experimental hate-speech policy seems to be wo... by kspacewalk2 on Saturday November 21, 2020 @12:15PM (#25170947)
That call for regulation sounds as far from a 'freedom of speech' argument as can possibly be. You're simply calling for different criteria for censorship of content - or for letting the government decide on the criteria, which in fact would be a straightforward violation of the spirit and letter of most freedom of speech laws/constitutional clauses around the free world.
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Re:Facebook’s experimental hate-speech policy seems to be wo... by mulmen on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:44PM (#25165421)
Where do you draw the line on size to be subject to different rules? Who defines what “important topics” are?
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