Facebook is so awful I find myself agreeing with Marco Rubio. Jesus.
Critical thinking skills…
Just because the Chinese government wants something to happen based on their own agenda doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t happen for other more legitimate reasons.
Of course, that simple fact doesn’t by itself demonstrate that Facebook wouldn’t be affected by pressure from the Chinese government either.
Keep grilling them…
FB doesn’t even operate in China and is never likely to. So, why wouldn’t FB just tell the Chinese to fuck-off? Is Zuckerberg afraid he’s going to get bumped-off if he doesn’t comply?
"We analyzed that report as we would any other and took action solely based on our policies.”
By “Policies” you can be sure FB means their bank balance.
I haven’t said this up to now, but this sort of event compels me to put forward my own belief that Facebook has too much power and influence, and they have their “fingers” in way too many pies.
(And No, they are by no means alone.)
I know it won’t happen in the current political climate, but I believe that Facebook should be investigated with an eye toward being broken into smaller units, so they face greater competition. and oversight responsibility for their possibly anti-competitive practices.
facebook and twitter are social experiments that have gone horribly, and predictably, wrong.
It’s not in the DNA of these companies to deny or moderate use of their platform in any way whatsoever…unless not doing so threatens their profitability.
turn.them.off.
disconnect
why did he do it? because zuckerberg is the soul of facebook. that’s who he is. that’s what facebook is.
“So you colluded with China to censor and silence its critics on your platform?”
“Well,” Stretch said, blushing, “yeah.”