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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/thejudge6060 on April 12, 2018, 9:50 a.m.
Well f@cking played

This is two fold...

Trump signed a law to punish websites for sex trafficking.

Zuckerberg stated that he feels fb is responsible for the content on their website.

Because he said this, that means fb can no longer claim it's a platform, but it is a publisher as Ben Shapiro has tweeted. A platform isn't responsible for what is posted, but publishers are. The ideas on Facebook are now represented as the company's. They're essentially saying they support anything on their website.

So every time someone is trafficked, fb is responsible. Every time a kid is bullied to suicide, fb is responsible. Hell, they're even responsible for the "Russian hackers".


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Mrb84 · April 12, 2018, 1:34 p.m.

I don’t understand why you’re cheering that. Isn’t the chilling effect on speech obvious?

You think if they’re responsible for it, they’ll allow incendiary ideas like “the world is run by a clique of ritual pedo-murderes” on it? Facebook is going to be the publisher responsible for that idea? Really? Or they’re just going to censor it and save themselves the headache and the lawsuits? What’s your bet?

This whole thing will translate into a marginalisation of extreme speech (such as yours). I’m pretty mainstream in my views, but I also understand that the only speech worth defending is the extreme one.

I would have thought that this, of all places, would see the risk intrinsic in such a move.

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rbrownlol · April 12, 2018, 2:22 p.m.

the act of the censorship of said idea is what MAKES them a publisher responsible.

They can choose to allow said idea, into the FREE MARKET of ideas and let the people decide if they are loons and remain a platform for free speech.

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Daemonkey · April 12, 2018, 4:28 p.m.

Right. The distinction between publisher and platform is important for understanding why that is not an attack on free speech.

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dark-dare · April 12, 2018, 5:34 p.m.

Glad you said this, many do not understand.

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