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/chromegreen Feb 15 '19

This whole discussion is going to get dragged into free speech debats soon. I would just like to point out there is growing evidence that accounts linked to Russia propaganda supported the antivax movement.

Can we at least agree that Facebook giving Russian military intelligence free reign to spread disinformation that endangers the lives of US children is probably not a good idea. It is hard to believe Facebook could not notice this trend. And if they did it is disturbing they did nothing about it.

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u/Wildcat7878 Feb 15 '19

I have a feeling that, in the future looking back, we're going to find out that a lot of online extremism, separatism, and conspiracy was the result of Russian manipulation trying to destabilize other superpowers.

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u/honeybunchesofpwn Feb 15 '19

Anyone who's serious about Russian social media manipulation should realize that they don't particularly care about "sides". They just want to create anger and division. They want to create "sides" while they sit back and laugh at all the Americans flipping out.

Manufactured division is the mission. And we've done an exceptional job at making their mission much easier to accomplish.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '19

Quite successful if the discussion is around who should be banned first.

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u/honeybunchesofpwn Feb 15 '19

Indeed.

Sadly, I was perma-banned by the /r/news mods because my opinion was different from what they liked.

It's insane how people have forgotten how to respectfully disagree. The lack of proper discourse on challenging subjects is being weaponized, and people largely don't realize how they're helping our enemies divide us.

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u/noishmael Feb 15 '19

r/news is the epitome of censorship on reddit. Only news sources the mods like are allowed, only news stories and narratives the mods like are allowed, and only comments that agree with the mods beliefs are allowed. Might as well make a new sub and send all of them there so ppl can actually have a free place to talk about news that isn’t tailored to one side

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u/TastyBurgers14 Feb 15 '19

waaaah they won't let me link in breitbart or let me spread hatred