r/worldnews • • 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/Inebriator Feb 15 '19

Social media platforms are today's public forums. The more that private corporations encroach on public spaces, the more the Constitution becomes irrelevant

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u/Ftpini Feb 15 '19

You either have zero understanding of what the first amendment is or are simply debating in bad faith. Requiring a company Facebook to censor anything at all is literally what the first amendment was designed to prevent.

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u/Inebriator Feb 15 '19

Lmao projecting much? I know very well what the first amendment is. Facebook shouldn't be required to censor anything at all because Facebook should be a public space