Harrystottle Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Which politicians were involved? Try this one, for starters. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/19/mps-press-social-media-firms-over-failure-to-take-down-hate-speech There is co-ordinated pressure in the western world to control social media. In America. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/19/mps-press-social-media-firms-over-failure-to-take-down-hate-speech In Sweden. https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-under-fire-for-anti-semitic-search-results-in-sweden/ In Germany. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/30/germany-approves-plans-to-fine-social-media-firms-up-to-50m Look, there is literally tons of this stuff happening. It is a battle for influence. Mainstream politicians and the mainstream media both do not have the control and the influence that they used to have. Politicians especially want that control and influence back. This means trying to control what's available on line on Facebook, on Youtube and on Twitter. My kids (late twenties and thirty) rarely buy a newspaper and never watch TV news, the traditional sources of how people are influenced. They get their news from the web. Which up to press is allowing a far greater variety of views than the UK media. Given all that I think that this is just the start. In the future sites like the relentlessly anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Breitbart will certainly be closed down (or try to be closed down). After that maybe even sites like Spiked or Guido Fawkes. We'll see. But to just think that this sanction is just being applied against one group in one country is wrong, and the idea that it will stop there is equally wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Try this one, for starters. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/19/mps-press-social-media-firms-over-failure-to-take-down-hate-speech There is co-ordinated pressure in the western world to control social media. In America. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/19/mps-press-social-media-firms-over-failure-to-take-down-hate-speech In Sweden. https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-under-fire-for-anti-semitic-search-results-in-sweden/ In Germany. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/30/germany-approves-plans-to-fine-social-media-firms-up-to-50m Look, there is literally tons of this stuff happening. It is a battle for influence. Mainstream politicians and the mainstream media both do not have the control and the influence that they used to have. Politicians especially want that control and influence back. This means trying to control what's available on line on Facebook, on Youtube and on Twitter. My kids (late twenties and thirty) rarely buy a newspaper and never watch TV news, the traditional sources of how people are influenced. They get their news from the web. Which up to press is allowing a far greater variety of views than the UK media. Given all that I think that this is just the start. In the future sites like the relentlessly anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Breitbart will certainly be closed down (or try to be closed down). After that maybe even sites like Spiked or Guido Fawkes. We'll see. But to just think that this sanction is just being applied against one group in one country is wrong, and the idea that it will stop there is equally wrong. Take off the tin helmet, this isnt about social media control, its about a group of hateful individuals who have spent the last few years steadily growing in influence peddling hate (race hate) they are EXACTLY the same as the islamic extremists, who have been banned, locked up, "censored" as much as we can for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Government pressuring social media to take down hate speech seems entirely fine to me. It's illegal, it's divisive and there is no need to provide a platform for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimple Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) Take off the tin helmet, this isnt about social media control, its about a group of hateful individuals who have spent the last few years steadily growing in influence peddling hate (race hate) they are EXACTLY the same as the islamic extremists, who have been banned, locked up, "censored" as much as we can for years. My Bold Yeah I remember when BF murdered those people on Westminster bridge, London bridge and the Manchester Arena. Oh, wait.... As for BF being banned from FB. I dont agree with much of what they stand for but I defend their right to say it. Edited March 14, 2018 by Dimple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 My Bold Yeah I remember when BF murdered those people on Westminster bridge, London bridge and the Manchester Arena. Oh, wait.... As for BF being banned from FB. I dont agree with much of what they stand for but I defend their right to say. oh come on, they have the exact same motives for their hate speech, anger others, make others do things. Weve seen it with Hooky, he didnt go round killing people he convinced others to do it, Britain first are exactly the same. There also has been an increase in right wing extremists attacks too (i know youll deny it but whatever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 It’s a pity they are banned. I used to have such fun visiting their site and winding them up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimple Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 oh come on, they have the exact same motives for their hate speech, anger others, make others do things. And blow people up? Chop people up? Run trucks into crowds? BF and islam really are not the same thing and I suspect deep down you know this to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 And blow people up? Chop people up? Run trucks into crowds? BF and islam really are not the same thing and I suspect deep down you know this to be true. you know EXACTLY what i mean, playing dumb yet again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 BF and islam really are not the same thing and I suspect deep down you know this to be true. No they’re completely different. One’s banned from Facebook, and one isn’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrystottle Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Take off the tin helmet, this isnt about social media control, I provided evidence to support my opinion, which is pretty much the opposite of tin foil hattery, I'd have thought. Got to disagree about the social media control, because imo that is exactly the aim of western politicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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