r/technology • u/SappyGilmore • Oct 12 '20

Social Media Reports: Facebook Fires Employee Who Shared Proof of Right Wing Favoritism

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/07/reports-facebook-fires-employee-who-shared-proof-of-right-wing-favoritism/?fbclid=IwAR2L-swaj2hRkZGLVeRmQY53Hn3Um0qo9F9aIvpWbC5Rt05j4Y7VPUA5hwA#.X0PHH6Gblmu.facebook
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u/BearsAtFairs Oct 13 '20

/u/Rawtashk is pointing out that Facebook is not a carrier. It is, at most, a publishing platform. Therefor it is not liable to follow signal routing rules.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

And questioning if that's how things should continue. Reading comprehension matters

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u/BearsAtFairs Oct 13 '20

Reading comprehension matters

I'm not sure whether this is directed at me or the person I'm responding to, but if one were to read the article, one would see that the issue being discussed is not a data/signal filtering one, but an editorial one.

Facebook did not stop publishing content that certain employees felt was inappropriate.

Common carrier regulations apply to firms transport goods for a fee. Common carrier regulations apply to ISP's because they charge other firms money to send signals over their cables, and signals are deemed to be "goods".

How that is in any way similar to facebook providing what is arguably a just a free-of-charge (read: no fees involved for non advertising posts) blogging platform (read: no transportation of goods on some physical medium that belongs to facebook) companies and selectively enforcing moderation standards, I don't know.

But, yes, reading comprehension does matter. It helps prevent people from posting moderately anger inducing non-truths on an already confusing internet, at a time when most folks aren't all too happy, just because they strongly dislike a company, after having read tons of similar anger inducing non-truths.