{"id":11039,"date":"2020-06-19T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-breaks-own-free-speech-policy-over-bogus-symbol-of-hate-charge\/"},"modified":"2020-06-19T02:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:09:00","slug":"facebook-breaks-own-free-speech-policy-over-bogus-symbol-of-hate-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-breaks-own-free-speech-policy-over-bogus-symbol-of-hate-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook breaks own free-speech policy over bogus \u2018symbol of hate\u2019 charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Facebook<\/a> breaks own free-speech policy over bogus \u2018symbol of hate\u2019 charge<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 18, 2020 |<\/span> 7:09pm <\/p>\n

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\n Facebook censors banned a Trump campaign ad that attacked antifa
\nby showing its link to a Nazi symbol.<\/span>
\n FACEBOOK\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n Facebook employees are app<\/a>arently creating exceptions to CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s vow to refrain from policing political speech: On Thursday, the social-media giant took down a Trump-campaign ad \u2014 citing a preposterous rationale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate,\u201d a Facebook spokesman said: They showed a red, upside-down triangle similar to what Nazis used to classify political prisoners, so they violated the platform\u2019s ban on \u201cusing a hate group\u2019s symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huh? There are no political prisoners in question here. And Team Trump was clearly condemning the symbol \u2014 which is indeed linked to antifa \u2014 because the ad included the words: \u201cSTOP ANTIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n

In any event, most Americans probably have no idea that the triangle is linked to either the Nazis or antifa. Indeed, a campaign spokesman notes that Facebook itself \u201chas an inverted red triangle emoji in use.\u201d<\/p>\n

But soon after various left-wing groups started pushing claims that the Trump ads used Nazi symbols, Facebook agreed.<\/p>\n

There are only two possible explanations for the company\u2019s decision: 1) Its speech cops are confused and incapable of figuring out what speech to ban. 2) They\u2019re looking for any excuse to silence the president and his team or make them look bad. Both may have factored in Thursday\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Surely Facebook\u2019s censors missed the irony of banning an ad that attacked antifa by showing its link to a Nazi symbol. And that the Nazis themselves and antifa today are both known for silencing speech and censoring others, as Facebook did.<\/p>\n

Since last fall, Zuckerberg has vowed not to police political ads, given the importance of \u201cpeople having the power to express themselves.\u201d Free speech may be fraught, he suggested, but \u201cthe long journey towards greater progress requires confronting ideas that challenge us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must continue to stand for free expression,\u201d said Zuck. To his credit, he has stuck to that principle despite significant protest from many Facebook employees.<\/p>\n

Either the boss has changed his mind or his minions are determined to end-run him.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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