Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
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Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#2alright well, I guess I have to say well done Facebook in this case.
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#3alright well, I guess I have to say well done Facebook in this case.
As long as it aligns with your views it is not slippery slope?
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#4Aung San Suu Kyi oversaw a genocide against the Rohingya. Didn't see FB take down her page then
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#5Well, here goes another thread about free speech vs. ethical discourse, where atleast one side uncompromisingly refuses to put themselves in the shoes of the other.
Just to fast-forward this thread a bit for everyone:
- Free speech doesn't exist on some for-profit company's platform. Communities should be moderated on some ethical standard for the benefit of peace
- Free speech trumps ethics and peace -- without free speech, we have neither
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#6Aung San Suu Kyi oversaw a genocide against the Rohingya. Didn't see FB take down her page then
She did that before the capitol riots, which seems to be the inflexion point at which Facebook threw out their old dogma of political neutrality.
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#7Well, here goes another thread about free speech vs. ethical discourse, where atleast one side uncompromisingly refuses to put themselves in the shoes of the other. Just to fast-forward this thread a bit for everyone: - Free speech doesn't exist on some for-profit company's platform. Communities should be moderated on some ethical standard for the benefit of peace - Free speech trumps ethics and peace -- without free…
indeed. and it's pointless anyway to discuss this from an ideological perspective. FB is only looking out for their financial interests. they just make a bet with the best expected return. in this case it's pretty safe to bet on the side of the US, EU governments who oppose the coup. and they do something rather than nothing maybe to regain some favors with western countries or they feel they need to do it to claim consistency with past actions.
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#8Well, here goes another thread about free speech vs. ethical discourse, where atleast one side uncompromisingly refuses to put themselves in the shoes of the other. Just to fast-forward this thread a bit for everyone: - Free speech doesn't exist on some for-profit company's platform. Communities should be moderated on some ethical standard for the benefit of peace - Free speech trumps ethics and peace -- without free…
I have an also-unpopular third option:
The graph of freedom of speech versus personal liberty looks like the Laffer curve for government income vs tax rate.
One end is zero for obvious reasons; the other end is also zero because it is a power vacuum, one which e.g. charismatic narcissistic Machiavellian sociopaths exploit it to rise to power and they kick away the free speech ladder after they get it.
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#9I for one welcome our Silicon Valley elite overlords who will protect me from dangerous speech.
Re: Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
#10Aung San Suu Kyi oversaw a genocide against the Rohingya. Didn't see FB take down her page then
I'm not sure she has much of choice. Had she gone up against the the military (who were behind the genocide). They would most likely have deposed of her earlier rather than waiting until now. At least in power she might have been able to "soften the blow" somewhat.