"Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax to take away your guns" not just something "debunked by fact-checkers." It's high-profile incitement to violence and harrasment against bereaved parents who just lost their little children to murder. As is "this pizza shop is a pedophile ring."https://twitter.com/facebook/status/1017529138423328768 …
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I mean... The high-profile claim being pumped to gun-enthusiasts already prone to conspiracy theories is that these parents fake, and are active, multi-year collaborators in a secret, illegal scheme to take away guns. This is incitement to harrasment, at a minimum, and violence.
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Plus, there is tons of much more mild content Facebook does ban. This is obviously more bowing to a very-well orchestrated pressure campaign than a difficult decision about a murky case. (This is how a lot of alleged liberal papers publish crappy stuff just to appear balanced).
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Being wary of banning is good—free speech as a principle is a valuable starting point with the recognition that every society balances that—somehow—with safety and well-being. The question is how to do update that "somehow" to a digital age where almost anyone can reach billions.
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Yet they ban pages for far more specious reasons than InfoWars' incitement to violence all the damn time, while Alex Jones gets a free pass.
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The issue isn't one of "solving societal ills" but simply whether FB will ever enforce its TOS against the Fash with the same vigor it devotes to persecuting members of marginalized communities who aren't inciting violence or worse. :(
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I don't hold out much hope when
@facebook ignores complaints of personal harassment involved in domestic violence and coercive control. The reporting procedure is deliberately vague and difficult and Facebook is now a recurring tool in cases of domestic abuse.#complicitinabuseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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