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0 pointsonion2k7y ago0 comments

Already filters fuck up way too much and restrict perfectly legal content.

Would users actually have a problem with that though? People have the freedom to share whatever they want, but that freedom doesn't necessarily have to include sharing it on Facebook. Facebook could decide to tell their users "We're filtering out the bad stuff much more aggressively now and unfortunately that might block your content by mistake." I think a lot of users would be fine with that.

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marvin7y ago

Such moderation has caused a significant degree of political grumbling in the recent past. E.g. where Facebook has blocked women's nipples but not men's, and also photos containing nudity that are politically important. E.g. the photo of Vietnam refugees fleeing a napalm attack, as well as examples of art that are politically important or relevant in an ongoing discussion, +++.

The difference between bona fide political censorship and decency/legality/prevent-minors-from-seeing-supposedly-horrible-things/stuff-we-just-don't-like-and-assign-a-political-label censorship is very much a matter of judgement.

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