Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir
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Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir
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#2Facebook is not a news site, they can censor whatever they want. They are in the advertising sales business they'll tweak their product to maximize the returns on their business.
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#3Makes you wonder how FB would have handled the American Revolution.
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#4>Kashmir Solidarity Network
Bullshit, it's a bunch of terrorists crying they can't spread their propoganda.
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#5Makes you wonder how FB would have handled the American Revolution.
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Re: Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir
#6Facebook is not a news site, they can censor whatever they want. They are in the advertising sales business they'll tweak their product to maximize the returns on their business.
True as this may be in legal and business terms, facebook is also by its monopoly position a de facto news source and filter and ought to be held accountable for such to public standards of transparency.
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#7Facebook is not a news site, they can censor whatever they want. They are in the advertising sales business they'll tweak their product to maximize the returns on their business.
I agree. But I truly wish there was an open forum that wasn't influenced by government actors and with the same reach as Facebook. Maybe if Wikipedia had discussion rooms which were just as fancy and used by just as many people, it could prove vital during such times.
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#8Facebook generally has a policy prohibiting the posting of gore. If pictures of dead bodies and/or graphic wounds are being posted, it's no surprise FB would remove it.
Re: Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir
#9Facebook is not a news site, they can censor whatever they want. They are in the advertising sales business they'll tweak their product to maximize the returns on their business.
Yep. And the news sites should report on Facebook's censorship so its users can make informed decisions on how and why they continue to use it.
Seems like everything is working appropriately.
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#10Interesting background on Kashmir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir#1947_and_1948
Seems a plebiscite was to have taken place but did not happen. I'm guessing the majority would have voted to be part of Pakistan and not part of India.
(which would have, of course, irked "minority" populations).