This is corporate prudery from faceless and unaccountable overseas companies who take our money, but won’t respect our values and our right to freedom of expression. We call upon Parliament to protect us from big business censorship and to require that internet filtering is evidence based and accountable.” MORE
Well actually, Facebook is a stockholder-owned corporation which offers a free service to those who agree to abide by its rules, however arbitrary. It exists to make money, not to advance social concepts or any particular agenda other than stockholder profit. That's no secret. No one is forced to join or use the service and all who do agree to follow the rules.
That said, we agree with this article's premise in principle, but doubt that further government control of internet content is either desirable or, in this case, likely to happen.
It comes down to this: if you don't like Facebook either buy a majority shareholder's worth of stock and change it, or leave it. It's not a matter requiring government intrusion. Isn't there too much of that already?
Face it; Facebook allows/bans content based on what millions of dollars of research tells them is most desired by its members. Obviously, the problem doesn't lie with Facebook, it lies with the billion subscribers who, according to FB's research experts, appreciate violence but not bare skin. THAT'S the scary part.
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