Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'

Re:Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop... by jtbayly on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:00PM (#25740137)

No it’s not. The post I’m responding to made a case for why censorship is fine in this case. That reason applies very very broadly.

If we are ok with that reason, then we are ok with that reason, and we must acknowledge what else is caught in that net.

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Re:Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop... by bun_at_work on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:06PM (#25740222)

> If we are ok with that reason, then we are ok with that reason, ...

This is a slippery-slope fallacy. Facebook removing content containing speech directly associated with highly illegal activity doesn't mean the country is becoming socialist.

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Re:Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop... by jtbayly on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:16PM (#25740362)

I have no idea what you are talking about. I never said it was becoming socialist. I gave a simple warning that the reason is enough to silence vast swaths of public discourse.

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