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posted by takyon on Wednesday January 17 2018, @05:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the faceblocked dept.

On January 15th, 2018, World Socialist Web Site reported that users are unable to share a promotional video for a January 16th online meeting, "Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship."

Facebook has blocked users from sharing a social media video promoting the January 16 online meeting "Organizing resistance to Internet censorship," featuring World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges. The initial post of the video, uploaded Friday, cannot be shared by any user. Those who attempt to do so receive an error message that seems to imply a technical failure.

Users reported, however, that upon clicking "If you think you're seeing this message by mistake, please let us know," they were presented with a notice that clearly indicates the content had been blocked in the name of keeping Facebook "safe."

WSWS published an open letter about internet censorship and net neutrality on November 25. The FCC repealed net neutrality rules on December 14, 2017.

In this AC's opinion, Facebook is certainly within their rights to refuse to host any content for any reasons they choose. However, for many people, Facebook is the internet.

Should we worry about entrenched services such as Facebook and Google using their positions to suppress information? Does the presence or absence of net neutrality change one's analysis of the situation?


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @07:56PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @07:56PM (#623754)

    Facebook is full of socialists who regularly suppress alt-right viewpoints.

    This one time, a socialist gets suppressed because the video is about bypassing facebook's suppression. Boo hoo.

    Want my sympathy? Support freedom of speech for me too, your arch enemy.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @09:34PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @09:34PM (#623819)

    I'm not a big consumer of Facebook, but that's not the impression I get.
    "Authoritarians" might be closer to the mark.

    "Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship" doesn't sound like Socialism to me.
    It sounds much more broad-based.

    socialists who regularly suppress alt-right viewpoints

    "Alt-Right" is a term meant to deceive about their agenda.
    They're simply White Supremacist Nationalists.
    NeoConfederate or KKK Wannabes or NeoNazi would be less deceptive.
    They're still just Skinheads who've let their hair grow out and have learned how to dress like businessmen.

    Support freedom of speech

    The courts have decided that all speech is not equal.
    Big Internet is trying to restrict extremism, in particular, hate mongering.
    When your "socialists" have started saying "Gather in this place; bring your weapons", we'll have a starting point for a discussion.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @10:42PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @10:42PM (#623877)

      The "NeoConfederate or KKK Wannabes or NeoNazi" types are at least somewhat socialist, perhaps with exclusions for disfavored groups. They certainly aren't alt-right.

      The alt-right is probably 1/3 of America. They are the hard-core patriotic types who rejected Rubio and Jeb! They tend to be fairly capitalistic and free-market, but only to the extent that this serves American citizens. The desire for a capitalist and free-market economy is limited by a desire to avoid open borders and giant trade agreements that might put Americans at a disadvantage. They have internal disagreement over the proper role of Christianity and Judaism and atheism in our country, but almost universally hate Islam. They favor gun rights and free speech. Mostly they are tolerant of adults choosing to be LGBT.

      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @11:30PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @11:30PM (#623901)

        Using "socialist" incorrectly just makes you look stupid.

        Here's Socialism:
        The collective ownership of the means of production by The Workers.

        That has zero overlap with violent nationalist racists.
        It's sad how much Cold War bullshit USAians have swallowed.

        patriotic types

        "Make America White again" is NOT patriotism.

        They tend to be fairly capitalistic

        Capitalism and Socialism are opposites, bozo.

        avoid open borders

        You don't understand Socialism in the slightest.
        Marx envisioned an international brotherhood of The Workers.

        Christianity and Judaism and atheism [...] Islam [...] gun rights

        None of that has anything to do with Socialism.
        Does it hurt to be that stupid?

        -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @10:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @10:11PM (#623853)

    Capitalists are the only enemy.