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Amazing to me that so many people in these comments believe Facebook is or can be apolitical. This is a very childish stance, and Zuck is not standing up for th
by binxbolling 6y ago
Amazing to me that so many people in these comments believe Facebook is or can be apolitical. This is a very childish stance, and Zuck is not standing up for their right to remain out of politics: they're deeply political, and Facebook is just asserting which political viewpoints they subscribe to as an organization.
- therealdrag0 6y agoTrying and failing to be apolitical is different than being intentionally political. And I prefer platforms attempt the former.
- binxbolling 6y ago"We will not curb violent speech if the speaker is a notable public figure" is already political. That's a political stance, not an apolitical one, and it's very naive to believe otherwise. Besides, Facebook has a PAC! In what way is this attempting to be apolitical? Although their donations are split, since 2012 they've given 14% more to Republicans.
- therealdrag0 6y ago> if the speaker is a notable public figure I haven't seen this to be the case. My impression is they found that his speech didn't violate their normal policy. Do you have support to the contrary? > Facebook has a PAC ... Lol good point. Though my assumption is this is for economic reasons. So technically you're right; that's political. Though I think it's a non-trivial distinction between trying to grease the economic engine to support corporate profits and being political in the sense of pushing for other left/right/progressive/conservative values.
- koheripbal 6y agoNot censoring the president is political? That seems like a very black-vs-white / with-us-or-against-us mentality.