July 12, 2019
Facebook got caught in another assault on Conservatives and free speech, this time posting changes to its Community Standards rules relaxing threatening or hateful speech towards some individuals. They deleted the changes after getting caught.
From Lifesite News:
The Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy applies to "terrorist activity,†"organized hate,†"mass or serial murder,†"human trafficking,†and "organized violence or criminal activity.†While most of those categories are straightforward, critics have expressed concern that Facebook interpretes "organized hate†– which it defines as "any association†whose words, actions, or views "attack individuals based on characteristics, including race, religious affiliation, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, serious disease or disability†– to encompass non-hateful conservative views
Who decides who and what is hateful? The Southern Poverty Law Center, perhaps? This is a recipe for suppression of normal views.
If facebook is a social platform it must not censor. If it is a media outlet (something they insist they are not since it would mean greater regulation) then they have to stop trying to shut up a segment of the population. It really is that simple.
The article continues:
When a bunch of Millenials are the ones making this determination, we should not be surprised that someone who says "you shouldn't have to bake a cake for a gay wedding if you are a Christian" would be labeled a hatemonger.
Facebook and the other tech giants are far too powerful. They hold an empire that the worst of the robber barons could only dream about. It's time we do some trust busting.
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