[world_peace42]

Heartened to see this at the top. I was expecting to see something like “Gasp! Modi is as bad as the Netanyahu/Hitler!” It’s almost as the rest of the world are not interested in being inundated with the Californian Elite’s warped ideas/ideological doctrine. As an American, it’s obvious now we are a declining power, and one can’t ignore how tech giants have accelerated that. Sensible countries, like India, are right to reject Facebook’s influence (and no, although many will disagree, this is not proof that India is a failed democracy/nazi state).

[kabirgoel]

This comment misunderstands the motivation for this ban. It isn't to avoid "being inundated with the Californian Elite's warped ideas/ideological doctrine." It seems more in line with the Modi government's attempts to clamp down on dissent in India. For instance, it's been censoring tweets critical of its handling of the pandemic.

Besides, free expression is protected by the Indian constitution, so it's hardly for the government to decide whether Indians buy into "the Californian Elite's warped ideas."

[world_peace42]

All other points aside, do you think Facebook constitutes free expression? Because, it looks like to me that it's a place where censorship is rampant and executives select regimes or political parties to back and affect sentiment on. "But, free speech..." does not at all seem to be an adequate response to me.

[kabirgoel]

I don’t think Facebook constitutes free expression. Ideally, I’d like to see a decentralized protocol which Facebook, Twitter, and even Parler can build off of.

But while Facebook does not constitute “true” free expression, it does allow a very large number of people to voice their opinions that will lose their voice in its absence.

[world_peace42]

And Facebook will choose which of those voices get to be heard more often than others. And I wonder if the people steering the algorithms are or are not overwhelmingly against Modi (they hate him). So really, this issue does not look that cut and dry to me. There are many confounding issues here that should be addressed, but countries frankly should defend themselves against Facebook.

[iudqnolq]

What's something bad Netanyahu has done that Modi hasn't?

[world_peace42]

Sorry, I know John Oliver et al informed me I must hate them, but I like both of them. I can only give you a list of great things that they've both done. Would that suffice?

[random314]

What's not to like about Apartheid?

[world_peace42]

Do the people who think like you also pretend to care about the Jews very far from Israel being beaten due to your rhetoric?

[whydoibother]

Violence is wrong. At the same time, actions have consequences. Perhaps the Israelis should have been worrying about the diaspora when they were lynching Palestinians in the street.

[world_peace42]

Understood, Jews are bad and Communism is great. Good luck with that.

[random314]

You are arguing with the wrong person. I actually like Apartheid.

[world_peace42]

Then my apologies, although Israel is an apartheid state just as much as the US is a "Nazi state" with "concentration camps". Makes total sense to a certain group of super bright people.