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by barkbro 3562 days ago
> Posts that call for illegal actions (such as stabbing civilians) should be removed

What about a post that calls for women to vote? Or for black people to sit in the front of the bus?

That sounds like a recipe for abuse. It would be more reasonable to only ban enticing violence, for example.

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So, uh, how many posts calling for women to vote has Facebook deleted?
> enticing violence

So, professional wrestling?

I think you're missing the point, because none of those examples have any national context. Both of them are bad within the U.S., but to say that the first is bad within the context of Saudi Arabia until last year? Well, that's just a moral opinion about another country's laws. It's not a new phenomenon.
I agree with your point. In any case the posts that were removed were enticing violence and Israel claims that there were people that got killed as a direct result.