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Zuckerberg announced Friday that the company will "require people who manage large pages to be verified," meaning they will have to provide the company, and by extension the US government, with their real names and locations.
[...] Zuckerberg added that the move would involve the hiring of thousands of additional censors and "security" personnel. "In order to require verification for all of these pages and advertisers, we will hire thousands of more people," he wrote.
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Facebook Intensifies Censorship Ahead of Congressional Testimony by Zuckerberg
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Booga1 on Wednesday April 11 2018, @01:51AM (2 children)
Facebook will be "...hiring of thousands of additional censors..." which is JUST what the government wanted!
So cheap, so obviously "not censorship" because it's not the government. What more could they ask for?
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday April 11 2018, @03:18AM
These new JOBS are TERRIFIC! And if you think about it, they're because of me. Because of my campaign. Facebook was tremendous for my campaign (and let's not forget Cambridge Analytica, great guys working there, very smart). I think if we continue to create jobs like I’ve done, over 3 million since I’ve been in office, way over 3 million, our economy will grow as it never did before. We're getting amazing growth in our economy and in so many things. More and more people are rejecting the cynicism that our labor force will keep declining, that our jobs will keep leaving.
Mark, if you're listening: thank you for creating these GREAT jobs. But I have something more to ask. I'm asking you to hire AMERICANS. The H-1B program is neither high-skilled nor immigration: these are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay. I remain totally committed to eliminating rampant, widespread H-1B abuse and ending outrageous practices such as those that occurred at Disney in Florida when Americans were forced to train their foreign replacements. I will end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program, and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers first for every visa and immigration program. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Wednesday April 11 2018, @03:26AM
Actually, that works both ways. Now EVERYONE who is large enough to matter will be tracked back down to a "Real Person" (tm). That means when politicians are talking two tunes it can be tracked back to them easier as well - seeing where funding is coming from for various "alt this, alt that" movements.