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Actually it kinda seems like they are just going to blanket ban everything political, regardless. They have said publicly they do not want to be the arbiter of
by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Actually it kinda seems like they are just going to blanket ban everything political, regardless. They have said publicly they do not want to be the arbiter of truth - so this is them trying to remove themselves entirely from that role.
- voltaireodactyl 3y agoHave they posted their definition of political?
- clay_the_ripper 3y agoThey already have it pretty well defined on the ads side. If you run an ad and it’s about “issues of national importance” or social issues of any kind (non-profit, education, politics, public health etc) then the ads require additional review.
- lizardking 3y agoYou can't even discuss pop music or sports without it being deemed as political by a loud segment of the internet. Who gets to decide what is and what is not "political"?
- singleshot_ 3y agoThe owners of the platforms that you use to distribute your speech (assuming it does not conflict with the platform’s commercial goals).
- oceanplexian 3y agoYou mean the shareholders? Because I own plenty of stock and they certainly don’t care what I think.
- EA-3167 3y agoThey care about what you think in direct proportion to your stake in their company, which is probably quite modest compared to major shareholders. This is the "I pay your taxes" to a cop moment, they know, but they also know you pay a fraction of a penny of a their salary.
- wlesieutre 3y agoEach of Zuckerberg’s shares gets 10x as many votes as yours, so yep that sums it up.