[MrLeftHand]

What I don't like about this whole thing is that facebook is a bit hypocrite (or very much so). They censor images and videos of nudity and violence, but leave these news outlets up, which could potentially threaten mankind as whole, if this nonsense catches on with more and more people.

Having back diseases like polio and far worse ones, is a bigger issue then someones dick-pic.

But this shows again that Mr Zuck and his merry company don't give a flip about humanity or anything else. They just like to keep the Facebook image to be a happy, smiley place, where people are nice to each other, etc...

Why does the game 'We happy few' pop into mind?

[maym86]

They already censor for business reasons. I think their biggest concern is having to spend money on hiring moderators and freedom of speech is useful excuse for their PR.

[MrLeftHand]

They already have moderators to filter out the so called garbage. Would it be hard to tell them, that between two boob pictures and a porn video upload they should pull the ban on fake anti-vac news as well?

I remember they banned a photographer (or journalist) at one time, because he shared an iconic image from the Vietnam war, because there was a nude child on the picture.

I wouldn't judge Facebook, if they would ban everything that is harmful to society, from images to fake news, as it is their platform and they can do whatever they want. They aren't under oath to defend and preserve freedom of speech.

That's why they should never use it as an excuse.

Every time they pull a stunt like this, I am more inclined to leave. I'm already unfollowed most of my friends and literally all I get is ads and product placements.

Maybe it's time...