Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals...
by nradov on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:38PM
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The problem with that is if Facebook committed to free speech then users would post a lot of offensive content which drives away mainstream advertisers. We've already seen that happen. Facebook tightened their censorship several years ago specifically because large advertisers were leaving the platform over concerns about their ads appearing next to user generated content that negatively impacted their brands. Obviously Facebook isn't going to do anything that puts advertising revenue at risk.
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Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals...
by native_samples on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:40PM
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That's a rather fundamental flaw in their whole business model, isn't it? Advertisers who don't want their ads appearing next to user generated content, on a social network, have missed something rather important.