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by chinhodado 2012 days ago
Facebook can't win. If they stand back and do nothing people scream about them being enablers of fake news, propagating misinformation and other things.

But if they remove posts that are reported then they are accused of censorship, of "unaccountable tyranny"

So what are they expected to do then?

2 comments

I'm sorry but you don't get to cry about consequences after opening Pandoras Box and making billions off of the chaos.
> what are they expected to do

Pick a side. Preferably the free-speech side.

Should all speech be free? If the speech calls for the genocide of the Rohingya should it be allowed on a private platform. Remember, radio and TV has always been regulated and censored. Why shouldn't same standards be applied to Facebook?