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by HashingtheCode 2074 days ago
Exactly how is someone not believing in the holocaust, hate speech? Aren't people allowed to have their own opinions anymore?

Are Flat Earther's next to be classified as hate speech because they also believe something different?

The message FB is sending is; if you have a different opinion to the mainstream you are inciting hate speech.

Why can't people believe whatever they want to? I thought we were free to think, to feel, to believe what we wanted.

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You’re free to believe and think what you want. But if you believe that the Holocaust didn’t happen, Facebook isn’t obligated to let you use their platform to spread your beliefs to others.

In this case, as with others, they’ve identified that spreading lies about the reality of the Holocaust is hate speech, and they’re going to remove it from their platform.