Mon August 06, 2018 7:06 pm
B wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Alex Jones is nuts and his programming is actively making our society worse, but no way should he be censored from iTunes and Facebook. It's ok for Facebook to source our financial data from banks, but not ok for some guy to spout his fantasy garbage? Zuckerburg is the real devil.
Yeah, but that video was totally worth them banning him.
Mon August 06, 2018 7:06 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:B wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Alex Jones is nuts and his programming is actively making our society worse, but no way should he be censored from iTunes and Facebook. It's ok for Facebook to source our financial data from banks, but not ok for some guy to spout his fantasy garbage? Zuckerburg is the real devil.
Yeah, but that video was totally worth them banning him.
i have no idea what you're talking about
Mon August 06, 2018 7:12 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 7:12 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 7:25 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 7:25 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:that doesn't make sense, it's a reaction video to his getting the boot. Wasn't B referring to a video that caused the banning?
Mon August 06, 2018 7:26 pm
run2death wrote:It's not censorship. Companies can make whatever rules they want and boot whomever they want.
I understand that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are so widely used that it feels like censorship, but it's not.
Mon August 06, 2018 7:30 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:run2death wrote:It's not censorship. Companies can make whatever rules they want and boot whomever they want.
I understand that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are so widely used that it feels like censorship, but it's not.
agree 100%, they're a private enterprise and can do as they like. But it's ethically 100% bogus.
Mon August 06, 2018 7:59 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 8:10 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 8:25 pm
run2death wrote:It's not censorship. Companies can make whatever rules they want and boot whomever they want.
I understand that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are so widely used that it feels like censorship, but it's not.
Mon August 06, 2018 8:27 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 8:28 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 8:29 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:Maybe more people will stop using social media in disgust and we'll all be better off.
Mon August 06, 2018 8:29 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Maybe more people will stop using social media in disgust and we'll all be better off.
But where will we get our outrage fix?
Mon August 06, 2018 8:31 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:run2death wrote:It's not censorship. Companies can make whatever rules they want and boot whomever they want.
I understand that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are so widely used that it feels like censorship, but it's not.
Well it is censorship, it's just not government censorship. Certainly within their rights, but Should they censor, though?
I think they are establishing a precedent, and will use it more frequently in the future. It's concerning that this seemed coordinated as well.
All hail our techno overlords.
Mon August 06, 2018 8:34 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 8:35 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:run2death wrote:It's not censorship. Companies can make whatever rules they want and boot whomever they want.
I understand that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are so widely used that it feels like censorship, but it's not.
Well it is censorship, it's just not government censorship. Certainly within their rights, but Should they censor, though?
I think they are establishing a precedent, and will use it more frequently in the future. It's concerning that this seemed coordinated as well.
All hail our techno overlords.
Mon August 06, 2018 8:37 pm
Mon August 06, 2018 8:38 pm
theplatypus wrote:Blows me away that Alex Jones is 44 years old