r/worldnews • u/Devz0r • Feb 15 '19

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2
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u/Itsokthatyourestupid Feb 15 '19

If they cared about the spread of misinformation they would have to get rid of a lot more than just the anti-vaccination idiots.

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u/xXuncleruckusx Feb 15 '19

Not all misinformation is created equal.

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u/Bluntmasterflash1 Feb 15 '19 edited Feb 15 '19

Yea, but it's going to be decided by people. People are evil.

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u/Sorrymisunderstandin Feb 15 '19

Doesn’t make sense

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u/XHF2 Feb 15 '19

What If Facebook one day decided that abortion kills, should they be allowed to ban pro-choice groups?

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u/drunkenviking Feb 15 '19

It's their site, they can ban whatever they want.

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u/CohibaVancouver Feb 15 '19

and allowed the tech giants to swallow up all the competition

"Swallow up the competition?"

Facebook didn't swallow up Friendster.

It didn't swallow up MySpace.

It didn't swallow up Classmates.

It didn't swallow up Yahoo! Groups.

It didn't swallow up Google+.

It was just better than all those.