
Do we really want Facebook to decide what qualifies as hate speech and what doesn’t?
Article here. Excerpt:
'As my colleague Eliza Kern has reported, Facebook has apologized for the way it handled “hate speech” against women on the social network, after repeated complaints from advocacy groups alleging that it was turning a blind eye to what was clearly offensive behavior. This has been hailed by some as a victory, since Facebook has admitted that its policies around such content are weak. But even if its policies are improved, do we really want Facebook to be the one deciding what qualifies as hate speech and what doesn’t?
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The larger problem in making Facebook take this kind of content down, however, is that it forces the network to take an even more active role in determining which of the comments or photos or videos posted by its billion or so users deserve to be seen and which don’t. In other words, it gives Facebook even more of a licence to practice what amounts to censorship — something the company routinely (and legitimately) gets criticized for doing.'
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Remember: It's only hate speech if...
... it's directed at certain kinds of ppl, such as women. Otherwise, anything goes!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dumping-your-boyfriend-via-castration/244563192252118
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Most-Men-Are-Idiots/165310360176211
https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-men-are-Idiots-and-I-married-their-king/361796837271628
https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Men-Are-Jerks-Until-Proven-Otherwise/110749198936813
and so on. But these are just fine, aren't they?