Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM’s resignation in India
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#2They're unable to handle their child pornography problem but they can still find the resources to rig democracies.
Why people let any of their software near their computers is a very interesting psychology problem.
Re: Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM’s resignation in India
#3I’m disappointed in Facebook and saddened by what’s happening in India. Modi is slowly erasing secularism in favor of Hindu nationalism. People speaking out against him are accused of being Pakistani agents. And his governments response to COVID has been a disaster.
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#4Indian Government recently made Twitter do similar things. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/26/twitter-under-...
Do you know what's worst? A guy was booked yesterday for Tweeting he needed oxygen cylinders which according to a state government is spreading fake news. https://thewire.in/government/amethi-up-police-arfa-khanum-s...
While COVID hasn't been kind to the people of India, The current regime's attempts to curb democracy is quite disturbing.
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#5The media control and censorship here in India is definitely getting our of hand!
Setting aside the absolute criminal mismanagement and planning of the Covid situation in the past few months, the fact that the people in power are still applying their brains and might into figuring out how to manipulate the narrative and how to squash dissent in this moment when the country is going through an unimaginable disaster.
Just today, a guy was slapped with some serious charges (which could lead to Jail time) because he tweeted that he needed Oxygen for his Grandfather. [1][2]
I know this is sounding alarmist but I've seen the change in the past 8 years and the country is heading in the direction of China at breakneck speed right now (not in the good way).
[1] https://thewire.in/government/amethi-up-police-arfa-khanum-s...
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/mzx3zb/youth_sought_...
Re: Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM’s resignation in India
#6Updated at 1.17am IST, Thursday: Facebook comms Andy Stone said the company has restored the posts and is “looking into what happened.”
Re: Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM’s resignation in India
#7I’m disappointed in Facebook and saddened by what’s happening in India. Modi is slowly erasing secularism in favor of Hindu nationalism. People speaking out against him are accused of being Pakistani agents. And his governments response to COVID has been a disaster.
bet you haven't read the article at all because your comment has nothing to do with it.
Re: Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM’s resignation in India
#8They're unable to handle their child pornography problem but they can still find the resources to rig democracies. Why people let any of their software near their computers is a very interesting psychology problem.
Not to defend facebook, but they are hardly the party to blame here, any company to operate anywhere has to bow to the local government wishes,
Companies should not be expected to make a stand against governments.
Indian government has bungled the covid19 response in so many ways already, not helping anyone, not allowing ppl to help each other either.
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#9Shocking. What do the pro censorship people say all the time when defending Facebook or Twitter: speech is free but not free from consequences. I believe that's the line.
Re: Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM’s resignation in India
#10Indian Government recently made Twitter do similar things. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/26/twitter-under-... Do you know what's worst? A guy was booked yesterday for Tweeting he needed oxygen cylinders which according to a state government is spreading fake news. https://thewire.in/government/amethi-up-police-arfa-khanum-s... While COVID hasn't been kind to the people of India, The current regime's atte…
COVID is a catastrophe in India because the government's core is religious extremism and other forms of bigotry, and those have driven its response, including cabinet members promoting folk remedies above vaccines and encouraging large religious gatherings (including an upcoming one).