Posted on 02/19/2010 7:51:07 PM PST by drjimmy
Hours after a pilot’s suicide plane crash into a federal building in Austin, Texas, local talk-radio host Jon Alvarez created a tribute Internet page for the dead pilot. In less than a day, Facebook, the social networking Web site where Alvarez created the page, took it down and issued him a warning: He could lose Facebook privileges if he violated its policy again.
“The Joe ‘Take my pound of flesh’ Stack fan page” included the killer’s manifesto, which is an angry rant against big government, big business and the Catholic Church. It quickly drew about 40 fans, Alvarez said. He didn’t check it again until Friday morning, when he discovered the page had been shut down.
“This guy was making a sacrifice to others who were having problems with the IRS,” Alvarez said. “We at least owed it to him to make note of his thoughts.”
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I don’t know his handle for a courtesy ping.
I misunderstood the point of your original post and now realize we are in agreement.
ah looks like b&
Didn't he join the Army, or try to?
No, you can't. If you have a "free" blog through Blogger or one of the other services, you agree to abide by their Terms of Service agreement. If you pay for hosting your own blog, you have more freedom but some restrictions still apply. For example, you can't post child porn, you can't incite violence, you can't slander or defame, etc. Those things are not protected speech.
He was FReeper “jonalvy”.
Thanks :)
Who ever said anything about rules? You were making a claim that freedom of speech was denied. You never said:
“Facebook didn’t abide by their own rules when delelting the post...” or something to that effect.
I think the thread has filled up with enough posts from folks pointing out that FB is free to do whatever they please. I bet JimRob himself would agree that they were within their rights to remove the post.
Okay
FaceBook is a CA based website? Who knew?
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