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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 17, 2021 21:53:00 GMT
I think the people commenting on an expectation of privacy aren’t seeing the issue. It’s not a privacy issue at all. It’s a what happens when the government gets to tell you what to believe and censors anything that doesn’t fall in line with their view issue. It’s a freedom of information issue. It’s a free media and press issue. But us it really an issue if “falling in line with a viewpoint?” It’s monitoring—NOT censoring provable lies regarding a global health pandemic. It’s has nothing to do with posting a persons opinion. It’s 100% about mitigating false information. There are these “individuals” posting on socials that the vaccine causes cancer…has metals in it that make you magnetic…totally false. Why shouldn’t that be stopped?
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Post by christine58 on Jul 17, 2021 21:55:08 GMT
I think the people commenting on an expectation of privacy aren’t seeing the issue. It’s not a privacy issue at all. It’s a what happens when the government gets to tell you what to believe and censors anything that doesn’t fall in line with their view issue. It’s a freedom of information issue. It’s a free media and press issue. But us it really an issue if “falling in line with a viewpoint?” It’s monitoring—NOT censoring provable lies regarding a global health pandemic. It’s has nothing to do with posting a persons opinion. It’s 100% about mitigating false information. There are these “individuals” posting on socials that the vaccine causes cancer…has metals in it that make you magnetic…totally false. Why shouldn’t that be stopped? I wholeheartedly agree with this.
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 17, 2021 22:02:49 GMT
If Facebook were to ban those 12 accounts now it would be seen as bowing to pressure from the Biden admin and would play right into Trump’s lawsuit accusing them of being government actors. They’ve known about this for ages. It should have already been done.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2021 0:09:42 GMT
FB is already flagging posts that contain misinformation. Hell, I got a warning because I jokingly stood a conservative to make sure that he voted on November 3rd. And FB owns its platform, so like it or not, they get to decide what they allow. It’s not a free media issue at all. Zuckerberg , like the Biden administration, happens to believe that Covid is dangerous. He probably thinks that posts saying that the vaccine is dangerous are…dangerous. We keep having this misunderstanding with conservatives. FB is a private company who clearly is happy to help the Biden administration stop the spreading of misinformation. If they didn’t want to help the Biden administration, they could refuse. So this is a company that has agreed to help the administration. I think that asking a company to please stop spreading vaccine misinformation on your platforms is reasonable, given the circumstances that we are in, If it is a private company doing it on its own, then it’s not a free media issue. When the government steps in and wants to decide what is or is not misinformation, then it is absolutely a free media issue. I don’t have an issue with FB censoring anything. FB is a private company. The issue here is the involvement of the Biden administration. That is wholly inappropriate and should scare the shit out of anyone who understands it.Come on, do you really think that this only involves Pres Biden and his administration? surely not? Facebook, twitter IG or any social media are global platforms. I don't think for one moment that The Biden administration is working alone on this. They are working with other countries intelligence agencies. It's a GLOBAL pandemic. The misinformation is being shared globally. It's a matter of national security, whether it is members of the public be it under their own name or a fake account that some have created for the purpose or bots that are creating the misinformation, it's nefarious and a threat to people's health and life in this instance. The algorithms they use on their platforms is not working as things stand at the moment and all social media corporations needs to take a hard look at what they are allowing to slip through without some form of human intervention. That is all Pres Biden and other countries are requesting them to do. They are not interested in what you or I are having for our dinner or what we think of the latest fashion colour. Spreading blatant lies is dangerous and these platforms have a responsibility to stop it. They are not asking them to censor anyone's opinion but to stop the spread of lies that put lives at risk. Considering that a high proportion of people admit to only getting their news from platforms such as Facebook, the action is long overdue.
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 18, 2021 1:47:19 GMT
If it is a private company doing it on its own, then it’s not a free media issue. When the government steps in and wants to decide what is or is not misinformation, then it is absolutely a free media issue. I don’t have an issue with FB censoring anything. FB is a private company. The issue here is the involvement of the Biden administration. That is wholly inappropriate and should scare the shit out of anyone who understands it. I think you are underestimating the ability of peas on this thread to read what’s happening, think critically and understand the implications. Just because we don’t all agree with you, that doesn’t make us stupid.
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 18, 2021 1:48:39 GMT
If it is a private company doing it on its own, then it’s not a free media issue. When the government steps in and wants to decide what is or is not misinformation, then it is absolutely a free media issue. I don’t have an issue with FB censoring anything. FB is a private company. The issue here is the involvement of the Biden administration. That is wholly inappropriate and should scare the shit out of anyone who understands it.Come on, do you really think that this only involves Pres Biden and his administration? surely not? Facebook, twitter IG or any social media are global platforms. I don't think for one moment that The Biden administration is working alone on this. They are working with other countries intelligence agencies. It's a GLOBAL pandemic. The misinformation is being shared globally. It's a matter of national security, whether it is members of the public be it under their own name or a fake account that some have created for the purpose or bots that are creating the misinformation, it's nefarious and a threat to people's health and life in this instance. The algorithms they use on their platforms is not working as things stand at the moment and all social media corporations needs to take a hard look at what they are allowing to slip through without some form of human intervention. That is all Pres Biden and other countries are requesting them to do. They are not interested in what you or I are having for our dinner or what we think of the latest fashion colour. Spreading blatant lies is dangerous and these platforms have a responsibility to stop it. They are not asking them to sensor anyone's opinion but to stop the spread of lies that put lives at risk. Considering that a high proportion of people admit to only getting their news from platforms such as Facebook, the action is long overdue. Thank you for sharing a global perspective. I am grateful to international peas for sharing their point of view.
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