Posted on 10/13/2021 12:35:11 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Oct 13 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc(FB.O) will now count activists and journalists as "involuntary" public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week. The social media company, which allows more critical commentary of public figures than of private individuals, is changing its approach on the harassment of journalists and "human rights defenders," who it says are in the public eye due to their work rather than their public personas. Facebook is under wide-ranging scrutiny from global lawmakers and regulators over its content moderation practices and harms linked to its platforms, with internal documents leaked by a whistleblower forming the basis for a U.S. Senate hearing last week.
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Let me guess - Little Brian Seltzer’s panties are in a bunch from Mark Dice’s epic trolling.
Every time you log onto Fecebook, you are making Zuckerberg richer to rig more elections.
You are also acquiescing to their censorship.
Unless the public figure’s name is Trump, of course.
I have never been on Facebook and I never will.
public servants can be criticized
rulers cannot
Translation - protect everyone who agrees with the Facebook worldview.
Exactly!
That’s okay.
The age of useless attacks on social media are about over anyway.
It’s really just time to get real and in person.
Facebook headquarters would be a great place to start.
The Left in this country needs to see what a real angry mob does when the very way of their lives is at stake.
They have not seen it, because we have not done it.
Experts say the public deserves to see the list, a clear embodiment of U.S. foreign policy priorities that could disproportionately censor marginalized groups.
Revealed: Facebook’s Secret Blacklist of “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations”
“Human rights defenders”
BLM
Antifa
An “involuntary” activist?
Ridiculous.
They mean Left wing activists and Left wing journalists.
Same here, but there are many here who do, wish freepers would stop subsidizing Zuckerberg.
It’s safe to say that some “activists” and journalists will be protected, but others won’t. It’s ludicrous to think they would ban criticism of Tucker Carlson or any conservative activist. This is yet more censorship.
So Tucker Carlson can’t be attacked anymore?
Anyone who gives even a little crap about this country should suck it up and walk away from Zuckerberg and Dorsey. Sorry but that's how I feel!
Not good.
bullying... really? like mean tweets i guess
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