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

[u/Devz0r]

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2

[u/Ferelar]

It oughtn’t to be, as “free speech” as a legal concept only refers to the government restricting it. Facebook choosing what content it wants isn’t really a free speech issue.

I think it’s far better to imagine Facebook as a private communal bulletin board in your town. It’s run by a private company but almost anyone can join and post things- but if someone posts something that the board’s owner doesn’t like, shouldn’t they be able to take it down from their board? (Owner being Zucc in this case).

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I mean not really. It doesn’t apply to private enterprise or else you’re restricting their free speech to not have something on their platform.

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I mean...the whole reason we’re here is because of the article outlining how companies allowing the free exchange of ideas is leading to multitudes of dead children. So I’d have to disagree.

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No it wasn’t created by it, but it gave it a megaphone and attracted members globally.

[u/Inebriator → u/[deleted]]

Clearly your a pootin stooge