I've been pursuing a reddit lookalike called tildes recently and a number of NZ and Oz people are on there. I was absolutely floored, as an American, with how okay they are with government sanctioned censorship. So in light of my recent realizations this reasoning makes a bit more sense to me, though I still can't agree with it.
> "Facebook cannot be trusted. They are morally bankrupt pathological liars..."
Sure.
> "...who enable genocide (Myanmar), facilitate foreign undermining of democratic institutions, .... [They] allow the live streaming of suicides, rapes, and murders, continue to host and publish the mosque attack video, allow advertisers to target 'Jew haters' and other hateful market segments, and refuse to accept any responsibility for any content or harm."
I feel this is making making moral statements with great symbolic value, rather than suggesting anything with any serious practical understanding.
The article features paragraphs complaining that the obscene video is still up, but doesn't seem to understand the internet allows anti-censorship behaviour. I'd guess that FB already disallows uploading the video, but the ones which get through what the NZ Privacy Commissioner calls "the AI" must have been modified in some way.
I don't necessarily mind mainstream media (who are so influenced by FB's control over distribution) having a go at Facebook. But, a politician complaining that FB isn't doing a good enough job at censoring what's already illegal for people in NZ to consume raises flags for me.
Facebook is an evil, yes, but governments are a bigger one. I trust facebook more than I trust my government, and I don’t trust facebook to the extent that I’ve deleted my account and ublocked all their cookies and integrations.
