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Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by vidarh »

genghizkhan wrote: post #12

"Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete." At some point Facebook is going to have to take a stand on which one it is. Indefinitely or for the next two weeks.

"indefinite" just means there's no certain/specific/decided end.

It does not mean "permanently", though it's often used to imply that without saying it outright.

So in this case they're saying "anything from two weeks and up, with no decided end".

Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by uncoder0 »

ndjdjxjsjdjdhd wrote: post #32

> involving use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government. From my understanding the video that got banned asked everyone to go home peacefully but then continued to claim election fraud?

You are correct the video all the platforms are using to justify the bans explicitly asked people to go home. Previously he had urged them to be peaceful which they mostly were as evidenced by the fact that no capitol staff or police were in any way injured during the incident.

edit: Leaving my comment intact as there are people who have replied. VBProgrammer pointed out that a portion of my statement is not true. This morning the DC police revealed two officers were hospitalized with injuries and one was described as having serious injuries while 12 others suffered other injuries.

Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by cosmie »

genghizkhan wrote: post #12

"Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete." At some point Facebook is going to have to take a stand on which one it is. Indefinitely or for the next two weeks.

Those aren't conflicting positions; indefinitely can mean both "unspecified/undetermined" or "unlimited/forever" amounts of time. So you can interpret that statement as

"we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts for at least the next two weeks, but potentially longer."

Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by inscionent »

rasengan wrote: post #23

Facebook is not a platform to have a voice. It’s a platform that harvests thoughts and publicizes the ones FB most agrees with while censoring those it does not. This is a slippery slope and, quite frankly, it’s the people that lose.

Facebook was never for the 'People' they never had a chance at 'winning'

Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by glial »

rasengan wrote: post #23

Facebook is not a platform to have a voice. It’s a platform that harvests thoughts and publicizes the ones FB most agrees with while censoring those it does not. This is a slippery slope and, quite frankly, it’s the people that lose.

> publicizes the ones FB most agrees with

Change this to

> publicizes the ones expected to make FB the most money

and I agree with you. Either way, they should not be an arbiter of public discourse.

Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by [deleted] »

genghizkhan wrote: post #12

"Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete." At some point Facebook is going to have to take a stand on which one it is. Indefinitely or for the next two weeks.

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Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by ndjdjxjsjdjdhd »

uncoder0 wrote: post #53
ndjdjxjsjdjdhd wrote: post #32

> involving use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government. From my understanding the video that got banned asked everyone to go home peacefully but then continued to claim election fraud?

You are correct the video all the platforms are using to justify the bans explicitly asked people to go home. Previously he had urged them to be peaceful which they mostly were as evidenced by the fact that no capitol staff or police were in any way injured during the incident. edit: Leaving my comment intact as there are people who have replied. VBProgrammer pointed out that a portion of my statement is not true. Th…

I’m sorry and I’m being serious.

Why is he banned then?

Re: Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

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Post by uncoder0 »

gnusty_gnurc wrote: post #35
maxfurman wrote: post #22

If pointing an armed and angry mob at the Capitol itself isn't over the line, nothing is. I don't like Facebook and haven't used it in years but this is the right move. Four people are dead today because they listened to Donald Trump, and FB and Twitter bear some responsibility for handing him that megaphone. Stopping him from calling for further violence is the bare minimum they can do here.

Why aren’t we blaming anyone that died at CHAZ/CHOP on BLM? It’s hard not to see the bending-over-backwards academic justifications for why we shouldn’t be suppressing riots last year as anything other than the pretext and lead up to what’s happening now. I’m not calling legitimate protesting riots - rather the media was fully complicit with ignoring blatant rioting last year. Buildings were burning and government bu…

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