Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by Nextgrid on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:56AM
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> This is free expression, they are providing a platform as free as you going in the street and expressing yourself.
The street does not automatically reshape itself to promote the most offensive graffiti to as many people as possible.
I wouldn't have a problem with Facebook being hands-off if it was limited to content you explicitly followed in reverse-chronological order (like it used to be), as all you'd need to filter out the bullshit is to not follow bullshit sources. Of course, Facebook's revenue would drop off a cliff if they made this change because bullshit is what drives Facebook's revenue and not the friends/family pictures users originally came there for.
This is free expression, they are providing a platform as free as you going in the street and expressing yourself.
If the government wants to censor this type of expression, it must pass laws, and it must dictates what you can say or can't say. With such a move, social medias would become forbidden, or inefficient (as every post would need to be approved before being released).
If this is the world you want to live in, it's fine, but you need to understand the consequences and the ways to get there.