Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by rzzzwilson on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:58PM
(#30635244)
Allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it" is little different from allowing calls for violence against anyone. Be careful about what you wish for.
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Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by smt88 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:11PM
(#30635665)
It's calls for violence only against the military. They chose to join the military, and they are literally paid to kill Ukrainians.
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by rzzzwilson on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:33AM
(#30636619)
Do you REALLY think that any call to violence on platforms like Facebook will remain within any stated limits?
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by smt88 on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:08AM
(#30637183)
I don't know or care. The article is about a change of policy.
Whether or not Facebook follows its own policies is a separate issue. This policy, if followed, is reasonable. There's no reason they need to remove calls for violence (some would say "resistance") against soldiers in order to protect Russian civilians. Facebook moderators are asked to make much more complex decisions all the time.
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by rzzzwilson on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:20AM
(#30720746)
What I tried to say, and didn't communicate very well apparently, is that the people who can now let that inner demon loose will do so and this will spill over into other areas of human interaction. This will not stay confined purely within one little area of one communications channel. Let's hope this madness is curtailed before some nutcase thinks it's OK to attack an old man because he's wearing a vaguely military jacket and he spoke a foreign language that sounds like Russian. If you think that's farfetched then you really should refresh your memory a bit on recent hate crimes.
And you have far more faith in "human moderators" than I do.
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by nikolay on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:15PM
(#30635711)
Really? Regular Russians deserve it? Since when Russophobia is fine?!
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by rzzzwilson on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:37AM
(#30636652)
I believe that the people of a country are responsible for the actions of their leaders. I do not believe that platforms like Facebook, et al, are morally justified in allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it".
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by nikolay on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:29PM
(#30648758)
You justified the Middle Easte hatred towards all Americans! You should be ashamed of you derailed thinking!
Re:Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against R...
by rzzzwilson on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:34AM
(#30719250)
Really? What bullshit is this? Citation please.