Posted on 09/12/2018 7:51:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and the rest consider themselves "platforms" and as such, are not liable for content under the DMCA. They want the freedom from liabilities afforded platforms (the same freedom that cell phone providers enjoy) but they want to behave as publishers and censor otherwise legal content they disapprove of.
They can't have it both ways. One or the other.
I disagree. Communications systems are a special case. Any communications system that censors, will eventually be used by government to do government censoring, in the manner China already forces Google to censor their content.
If it is allowed by law, all governments will use it as a back door to force censorship on ideas they don't like. The *ONLY* means of stopping it is to forbid censorship by law.
They can set the rules, just like Jim does here. It’s his site and he can and does exclude many things, most I agree with and some I don’t. It’s his baby.
This is fine when you are less than 1% of the total market. It is a major problem for the nation when you control 90% of the market, like Google does.
This Facebook Prospectus is what Zuckerberg used to dupe investors when he went public.
The prospectus describe "a public forum where all viewpoints are equally tolerated."
That's what he said....what he did was radically different.
THESE ARE ZUCKERBURG'S WORDS---From Facebook's IPO Prospectus dated May 3, 2012:
Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with their friends and family, to discover what is going on in the world around them, and to share and express what matters to them to the people they care about.
Developers can use the Facebook Platform to build applications (apps) and websites that integrate with Facebook to reach our global network of users and to build products that are more personalized, social, and engaging.
Advertisers can engage with more than 900 million monthly active users (MAUs) on Facebook or subsets of our users based on information they have chosen to share with us such as their age, location, gender, or interests. We offer advertisers a unique combination of reach, relevance, social context, and engagement to enhance the value of their ads.
We believe that we are at the forefront of enabling faster, easier, and richer communication between people and that Facebook has become an integral part of many of our users’ daily lives. We have experienced rapid growth in the number of users and their engagement.
[snip]
How We Create Value for Users
Our top priority is to build useful and engaging products that enable you to:
Connect with Your Friends. With more than 900 million MAUs worldwide, our users are increasingly able to find and stay connected with their friends, family, and colleagues on Facebook.
Discover and Learn. We believe that users come to Facebook to discover and learn more about what is going on in the world around them, particularly in the lives of their friends and family and with public figures and organizations that interest them.
Express Yourself. We enable our users to share and publish their opinions, ideas, photos, and activities to audiences ranging from their closest friends to our 900 million users, giving every user a voice within the Facebook community.
Control What You Share. Through Facebook’s privacy and sharing settings, our users can control what they share and with whom they share it.
Experience Facebook Across the Web. Through apps and websites built by developers using the Facebook Platform, our users can interact with their Facebook friends while playing games, listening to music, watching movies, reading news, and engaging in other activities.
Stay Connected with Your Friends on Mobile Devices. Through the combination of our mobile sites, smartphone apps, and feature phone products, users can bring Facebook with them on mobile devices wherever they go. Foundations of the Social Web
We believe that the web, including the mobile web, is evolving to become more social and personalized. This evolution is creating more rewarding experiences that are centered on people, their connections, and their interests. We believe that the following elements form the foundation of the social web:
Authentic Identity. We believe that using your real name, connecting to your real friends, and sharing your genuine interests online create more engaging and meaningful experiences. Representing yourself with your authentic identity online encourages you to behave with the same norms that foster trust and respect in your daily life offline.
Authentic identity is core to the Facebook experience, and we believe that it is central to the future of the web. Our terms of service require you to use your real name and we encourage you to be your true self online, enabling us and Platform developers to provide you with more personalized experiences.
Social Graph. The Social Graph represents the connections between people and their friends and interests. Every person or entity is represented by a point within the graph, and the affiliations between people and their friends and interests form billions of connections between the points. Our mapping of the Social Graph enables Facebook and Platform developers to build more engaging user experiences that are based on these connections.
Social Distribution. Over time, people are consuming and creating more kinds of information at a faster pace across a broader range of devices. The growing volume of information makes it challenging to find meaningful and trusted content and to effectively make your voice heard. Facebook organizes and prioritizes content and serves as a powerful social distribution tool delivering to users what we believe they will find most compelling based on their friends and interests.
Express what matters to them?
Richer communication between people?
Integral part of users' daily lives?
Discover and learn more about what is going on in the world around them, particularly in the lives of their friends and family and with public figures and organizations that interest them?
We enable our users to share and publish their opinions, ideas, photos, and activities to audiences ranging from their closest friends to our 900 million users, giving every user a voice within the Facebook community?
The growing volume of information makes it challenging to find meaningful and trusted content and to effectively make your voice heard. Facebook organizes and prioritizes content and serves as a powerful social distribution tool delivering to users what we believe they will find most compelling based on their friends and interests?
Leftists flag our articles until they are banned.
Let’s do it to them.
Zuck is pro murder, apparently.
RE: Facebook, Twitter social media have become common carrier - public utilities -
Bingo!
Federal, State, Local governments rely on these Social Media OUTLETS, and therefore Social Media OUTLETS have become common carriers that must abide by the first ammendment.
Free Republic does not serve as a common carrier for the gov’t and public.
Period.
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FEMA/Proxy Highlight
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency.
389K likes. Our story of supporting citizens & first responders before, during, and after emergencies. For...
Social Media | FEMA.gov
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Aug 23, 2018 ... This is our main social media page
with links to our different social media accounts and activities. ... to provide information and engage with the public during all phases of a ... US Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency ... on Facebook · FEMA en Español · FEMA Puerto Rico on Facebook ...
Social Media and Emergency Preparedness | FEMA.gov
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2018/04/16/...Proxy Highlight
Apr 16, 2018 ... Social media plays an increasing
role in how people communicate. ... US Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management ... The team also posts information to FEMA’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Social Media Provides Online Information and ... - FEMA.gov
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/10/10/...Proxy Highlight
Oct 10, 2017 ... ... Survivors. Visit one or all of the
sites below and Join the conversation:www. fema.gov/hurricane-mariawww.facebook.com/femaPuertoRico. ... US Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Interact With FEMA on Social Media | FEMA.gov
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2018/02/05/...Proxy Highlight
Feb 5, 2018 ... US Department of Homeland
Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency ... The agency is posting Facebook updates about disaster recovery every week. ... In addition to Facebook, FEMA is posting information on the ...
Use Of Social Media Tools At FEMA | FEMA.gov
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Nov 2, 2009 ... Why FEMA is involved in social
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Oct 18, 2017 ... US Department of Homeland
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American Sign Language for Facebook Live ... - FEMA.gov
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Security - Federal Emergency ... American Sign Language for Facebook Live Presentation by Justo Hernández ... Justo Hernández at the Joint Recovery Office in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, during ...
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Anti-truth, anti-freedom totalitarian platforms ALERT!
You must not insult the false-religion of piece ...
... a little piece of Poland, a little piece of France, a little piece of Portugal and Austria perchance ...
Sad but true!
From Facebook's IPO Prospectus dated May 3, 2012 (emphasis mine):
Our mission is to make the world more open and connected.People use Facebook to stay connected with their friends and family, to discover what is going on in the world around them, and to share and express what matters to them to the people they care about.
Developers can use the Facebook Platform to build applications (apps) and websites that integrate with Facebook to reach our global network of users and to build products that are more personalized, social, and engaging.
Advertisers can engage with more than 900 million monthly active users (MAUs) on Facebook or subsets of our users based on information they have chosen to share with us such as their age, location, gender, or interests. We offer advertisers a unique combination of reach, relevance, social context, and engagement to enhance the value of their ads.
We believe that we are at the forefront of enabling faster, easier, and richer communication between people and that Facebook has become an integral part of many of our users’ daily lives. We have experienced rapid growth in the number of users and their engagement.
[snip -- the following emphasis is Facebook's from the prospectus]
How We Create Value for Users
Our top priority is to build useful and engaging products that enable you to:
- Connect with Your Friends. With more than 900 million MAUs worldwide, our users are increasingly able to find and stay connected with their friends, family, and colleagues on Facebook.
- Discover and Learn. We believe that users come to Facebook to discover and learn more about what is going on in the world around them, particularly in the lives of their friends and family and with public figures and organizations that interest them.
- Express Yourself. We enable our users to share and publish their opinions, ideas, photos, and activities to audiences ranging from their closest friends to our 900 million users, giving every user a voice within the Facebook community.
- Control What You Share. Through Facebook’s privacy and sharing settings, our users can control what they share and with whom they share it.
- Experience Facebook Across the Web. Through apps and websites built by developers using the Facebook Platform, our users can interact with their Facebook friends while playing games, listening to music, watching movies, reading news, and engaging in other activities.
- Stay Connected with Your Friends on Mobile Devices. Through the combination of our mobile sites, smartphone apps, and feature phone products, users can bring Facebook with them on mobile devices wherever they go.
Foundations of the Social Web
We believe that the web, including the mobile web, is evolving to become more social and personalized. This evolution is creating more rewarding experiences that are centered on people, their connections, and their interests. We believe that the following elements form the foundation of the social web:
- Authentic Identity. We believe that using your real name, connecting to your real friends, and sharing your genuine interests online create more engaging and meaningful experiences. Representing yourself with your authentic identity online encourages you to behave with the same norms that foster trust and respect in your daily life offline. Authentic identity is core to the Facebook experience, and we believe that it is central to the future of the web. Our terms of service require you to use your real name and we encourage you to be your true self online, enabling us and Platform developers to provide you with more personalized experiences.
- Social Graph. The Social Graph represents the connections between people and their friends and interests. Every person or entity is represented by a point within the graph, and the affiliations between people and their friends and interests form billions of connections between the points. Our mapping of the Social Graph enables Facebook and Platform developers to build more engaging user experiences that are based on these connections.
- Social Distribution. Over time, people are consuming and creating more kinds of information at a faster pace across a broader range of devices. The growing volume of information makes it challenging to find meaningful and trusted content and to effectively make your voice heard. Facebook organizes and prioritizes content and serves as a powerful social distribution tool delivering to users what we believe they will find most compelling based on their friends and interests.
That is what Zuckerberg sold to investors when he went public with Facebook. Is that what is happening now? Doesn't the prospectus describe "a public forum where all viewpoints are equally tolerated?"
I agree with the thought that Facebook feigned promoting an open sharing of ideas in order to stifle the growth of competing platforms. Now that are the dominant player, they are reneging on the open environment they promised to investors.
-PJ
I have never been on FB...I don’t plan on going on FB...I don’t plan on joining FB...
I don’t think I have missed anything....
Facebook doesn’t have to endorse this guy but it shouldn’t silence him. That shouldn’t be Facebook’s purpose, to control how people think and speak.
I still think, private or not, they have the responsibility to not discriminate. Needs to be aggressively addressed.
And then we get this,
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3686925/posts
Antifa group organizes for “revolutionary violence against the local government”
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ENDORSED and APPROVED!!
Censorship...whew, at least it’s not the government doing it!!!
Clearly FB is pro-jihad.
One of the things I do is sign up for emails from leftist groups (Democrats) and then when they show up and when their ‘partners’ show up in my Inbox I report and block them as spam.
This adds their messages to my email provider’s spam filters.
(-;
Exactly.
Big business is doing the censoring and enforcing PC for the Swamp.
I’m completely cool with Jim. You are correct, Facebook is hypocritical. Were they more upfront, I’d have to say I was cool with them too. As you said, they are hypocrits.
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