Facebook’s New ‘Chinese-style’ Political Censorship System Goes Global?

from 21st Century Wire:

Last week 21WIRE reported on Facebook’s new communitarian policy whereby readers can ‘flag’ content as “fake news” if they believe it’s not real, or if they do not like it. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo False Flag event, the social media giant appears to be now allowing governments to determine what is ‘good free speech’ and what is not. Is it censorship? You decide…

“An article that many people have reported as a hoax or chose to delete will get reduced distribution in the News Feed”. If the article is flagged by any anonymous person (most likely, from a political opponent of the news story in question), then the post creator is hit with the alert that says, “many people have reported that this story contains false information”. It’s common sense that just because someone else says something is false, or true for that matter – does not always mean that is the case. Most smart readers can figure this out themselves, but do we want/need ‘faceless’ communitarians to decide that for us? This kind of approach will only lower the bar of intellectual ability in the long run. This is the danger of this type of nanny state.

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