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posted by FatPhil on Wednesday July 25 2018, @08:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-THINK-THAT-PROBABLY-CLARIFIES-THINGS dept.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg backtracks on comments about Holocaust deniers

Facebook may be locked in a battle against fake news, and now CEO Mark Zuckerberg is backtracking on claims that the social network won't ban Holocaust deniers.

Zuckerberg gave the explanation to Recode after the site aired audio of the Facebook founder claiming "abhorrent" content, the New York Post reported, had a right to spread across his massive social media network.

"I personally find Holocaust denial deeply offensive, and I absolutely didn't intend to defend the intent of people who deny that," Zuckerberg told the website later. "Of course if a post crossed a line into advocating for violence or hate against a particular group, it would be removed. … These issues are very challenging but I believe that often the best way to fight offensive bad speech is with good speech."

Earlier, Zuckerberg had spoken differently.

"I don't think that we should be in the business of having people at Facebook who are deciding what is true and what isn't," he said, during an episode of the Recode Decode podcast on Wednesday.

Ed's note: And if there's one thing we can all agree on regarding limitations to freedom of speech online, it's that we'll never all agree regarding limitations to freedom of speech online!


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 25 2018, @11:29PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 25 2018, @11:29PM (#712782)

    Except the baker didn't have to bake the cake, and like it or not we have anti-hate speech laws. Most people seem totally fine with the laws and even shitlords like Richard Spencer are able to get around the laws to spew their hateful garbage.

    Why are there museums around the world about genocide? Gee, maybe because humanity was so horrified at what we are capable of we wanted to make sure new humans GOT THE FUCKING MESSAGE!

    Go away you lame equivocator, you are not needed.

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  • (Score: 2, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:37AM (1 child)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:37AM (#712807) Homepage Journal

    Are you from Germany? Possibly you're in Germany. So strange that in Germany -- of all places -- you have laws that say you can't wear a swastika. But in America, where I am, we don't have those laws. We don't have hate speech. Fortunately for our fabulous Westboro Baptist Church! ✝️

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:34AM (#712840)

      I texted your TRUMP line but all it did was send me links to tor sites providing hookers and blow. I stopped after I got to the less, uh, standard services.

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:39AM (4 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:39AM (#712846) Journal
    "like it or not we have anti-hate speech laws."

    Like it or not we have a first amendment, and it outranks them all.

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    • (Score: 2) by ewk on Thursday July 26 2018, @10:29AM (1 child)

      by ewk (5923) on Thursday July 26 2018, @10:29AM (#712998)

      Artificial constructs like this (laws, rules, amendments) and the units (countries, civilizations, companies) they apply to, have been know to change.

      Just saying, that if you have a specific construct in a particular unit now, there is not much guarantee that you will have that construct tomorrow (assuming you stay in the same unit).

      And, as with this 'outranking'... different units may very well have different constructs. So, outside your particular unit, your construct possibly does not mean more than diddly-squat.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:32PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:32PM (#713450)

        So you're pointing out that laws and Constitutions can change. And?

        Hate speech is not currently illegal in the US. That is a fact. That was what was being point out.

    • (Score: 2) by weeds on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:54PM (1 child)

      by weeds (611) on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:54PM (#713220) Journal

      You mean the one that says:

      Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;

      Last I checked, neither the corporate Facebook or the individual Zuckerberg were congress nor were they making laws.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:30PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:30PM (#713446)

        He was responding to this comment from the above AC:

        Except the baker didn't have to bake the cake, and like it or not we have anti-hate speech laws.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:41AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:41AM (#712848)

    Hate speech is not illegal in the US.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @07:36AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @07:36AM (#712955)

      Actually, it is. Turn yourself in now, or we will have to hunt you down and punch you in the face, you poor excuse for a human!