Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
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Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#2Welcome to Facebook Co. Where a clique of Silicon Valley exec yuppies now decide what is right and what is wrong for us to see.
It's a very slippery slope. Cannot wait for the next elections where any candidates with politically "wrong" ideas will see their pages silently being discarded or randomly hidden from timelines without warnings.
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#3Welcome to Facebook Co. Where a clique of Silicon Valley exec yuppies now decide what is right and what is wrong for us to see. It's a very slippery slope. Cannot wait for the next elections where any candidates with politically "wrong" ideas will see their pages silently being discarded or randomly hidden from timelines without warnings.
Arguably that's already happening. In the last round of Senate elections, Austin Peterson was repeatedly banned with vague explanations about the Terms & Conditions. It's of course just a coincidence that in most cases the post that triggered it were criticizing the incumbent whose reelection Facebook had contributed tens of thousands of dollars to.
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#4Their opinion is that it spread propaganda.
Everything written is propaganda depending on what side of the opinion you were on.
Although I don’t like it, what is happening today is incredibly fascinating, watching it unfold since I have been using computers since 1990.
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#5Welcome to Facebook Co. Where a clique of Silicon Valley exec yuppies now decide what is right and what is wrong for us to see. It's a very slippery slope. Cannot wait for the next elections where any candidates with politically "wrong" ideas will see their pages silently being discarded or randomly hidden from timelines without warnings.
No need to wait for anything; see for instance the Nancy Pelosi video fiasco.
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/may...
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#6Their opinion is that it spread propaganda. Everything written is propaganda depending on what side of the opinion you were on. Although I don’t like it, what is happening today is incredibly fascinating, watching it unfold since I have been using computers since 1990.
I'm darkly mirthful that people seem upset that Putin walked into the smoke filled room[1], sat down and lit up a cigar.
Mirthful because except for the polonium and nerve gas[2] everyone else has been playing the same games forever.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke-filled_room [2] Boorish to use your own people to kill someone instead of hiring it out like civilized men.
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#7Welcome to Facebook Co. Where a clique of Silicon Valley exec yuppies now decide what is right and what is wrong for us to see. It's a very slippery slope. Cannot wait for the next elections where any candidates with politically "wrong" ideas will see their pages silently being discarded or randomly hidden from timelines without warnings.
Happened in Australia just weeks ago.
Various pages belonging to the main Libertarian party ("Liberal Democratic Party") started getting shutdown[0] about a month before elections.
[0] https://www.facebook.com/davidlimbrickldp/posts/209817440381...
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#8What bothers me is that there are very few things that are not propaganda.
All Fox News article are propaganda, all CNN articles are propaganda, but yet they are accepted? Clearly a distinction is made between 'acceptable propaganda' and 'unacceptable propaganda', and this distinction is made by Facebook, an American company.
How acceptable is that?
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#9What bothers me is that there are very few things that are not propaganda. All Fox News article are propaganda, all CNN articles are propaganda, but yet they are accepted? Clearly a distinction is made between 'acceptable propaganda' and 'unacceptable propaganda', and this distinction is made by Facebook, an American company. How acceptable is that?
I think this may be it. America has a ban on trade with Iran. I wouldn’t be surprised if American companies also are required to prevent them spreading information.
Re: Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda
#10tl;dr: They were unwitting accomplices. The propaganda from well known Iranian government outlets was being shared frequently enough, with very little other content, that they were unwittingly part of the machine itself.