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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jul 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Meta

      "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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      Sorry you feel that way. The question we face is whether to ban a Page for peddling information debunked by fact-checkers or to demote it so fewer people see it. We’ve chosen the second. Understand that you disagree, and thanks for the feedback.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jul 2018

      I'm wary of banning pages. Facebook cannot cure all societal ills. It's good if they finally stop amplifying the worst via algorithms/business model. But there's a line. Inciting violence/harrasment against people, let alone recently bereaved parents is on far side of that line.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jul 2018

      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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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jul 2018

      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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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jul 2018

          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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        1. Richard Robbins‏ @rich1 13 Jul 2018
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          The rule for Facebook and Twitter seems to be if you have enough followers there's a higher bar to get banned. If Alex Jones had 500 likes rather than 1.6 million, I bet Facebook would ban him. Same with Infowars' 900K. And Twitter bends like a pretzel to avoid banning Trump.

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