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by aerodog 1939 days ago
Aung San Suu Kyi oversaw a genocide against the Rohingya. Didn't see FB take down her page then
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She did that before the capitol riots, which seems to be the inflexion point at which Facebook threw out their old dogma of political neutrality.
The hallowed halls of insider trading were breached by a man in a Viking hat, surrounded by press photographers as he did so, while his minions rushed in to claim control of the country as they walked in an orderly line through the velvet rope turnstiles. Any fair minded person would see this as an legitimate attempt to overthrow the government, necessitating extraordinary intervention by a website.
And yet here we are :-/
I'm not sure she has much of choice. Had she gone up against the the military (who were behind the genocide). They would most likely have deposed of her earlier rather than waiting until now. At least in power she might have been able to "soften the blow" somewhat.