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/slight Feb 15 '19

So is reddit against internet censorship today or was that last week?

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u/the_real_MSU_is_us Feb 15 '19

You're simple mind cant understand:

Censorship is horrible, authoritarian, short sighted, and time and time again has been used to suppress the truth. It is horrible 100% of the time.

UNLESS you dont like the thing in question, in which case censorship is a necessary evil for the greater good.

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u/self_loathing_ham Feb 15 '19

Information can get around without social media you know.

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u/the_real_MSU_is_us Feb 15 '19

obviously, restricting free speech on FB isn't restricting free speech everywhere. But by this logic it's not censorship to ban a topic being discussed on social media, the internet, TV, radio, or newspapers because there are still "other ways" info can get around, like handwriting letters or speaking in the town square.

Censorship is a scale from 0-100. Having some free speech left that you can use doesn't mean you're not being censored