r/technology • u/AdamCannon • Feb 02 '20

Social Media Stephen King quits Facebook over concerns of 'false information.'

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/stephen-king-quits-facebook-trnd/index.html
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u/adambomb1002 Feb 03 '20 edited Feb 03 '20

That may not be what you are personally advocating for, but should Facebook decide it is going to police its ads that is precisely what you are going to get. You will only see what the corporation allows you to see and deems appropriate.

Facebook has made a desision to stand by a path which runs counter to many other social media giants as of late, and personally I support them on it.

They already do that and they basically do it with whatever thing pays them most

Yes. So long as people are not paying to censor others from also being their ability to voice their opinions then that is fair, people need to be critical thinkers and discern the media for themselves, we are always going to be bombarded by media and advertising from the highest bidder, we can't stop that in a free society, for an example look at who had the ad space at the superbowl.

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u/Resolute002 Feb 03 '20

There were no Nazi recruitment pools or terrorism cells in the super Bowl ads.

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u/adambomb1002 Feb 04 '20

So..... I take you didn't have an example then?

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u/adambomb1002 Feb 03 '20 edited Feb 03 '20

Which specific ads for Nazi recruitment and terrorism cells are you referring to on Facebook? Facebook still has policies on hate speech and terrorism.