Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

[shockedcanadian]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

 

[usmbguest5318]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

 

[TomParks]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

The prick lied through his teeth.....typical liberal

 

[Coyote]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Agree...except it is almost a monopoly it is so large and pervasive. If there is no real competition for users to turn to then that is a problem.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

I think I will perform an experiment where I create two 'appreciation' pages containing identical dialogue.
One extolling the virtues of Hitler and one for Stalin. I wonder which will survive?

Joseph Stalin Profiles | Facebook
Adolf Hitler Profiles | Facebook

Well, I guess that answers that...lol!

 

[usmbguest5318]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Agree...except it is almost a monopoly it is so large and pervasive. If there is no real competition for users to turn to then that is a problem.

And that's Facebook's fault? I think not.

• Are you aware of any FB initiatives that have attempted to prevent competitors from entering the market space that FB occupies? I'm not.
• Indeed, if FB has attempted to do so, it hasn't worked, for the fact of the matter is that there are alternatives to FB:
  • Path
  • Pinterest
  • Foursquare
  • Nextdoor
  • Roamz
• Who's fault is it that users have either not sought to discover those platforms' existence? Not FB's.
• Who's fault is it that users have not availed themselves of those platforms to the extent they have FB? Not FB's.
• Who's fault is it that FB's platform implementation is better suited to what users want than are the competing alternatives? Well, that is FB's "fault," but it's not FB's fault that no competitor has yet to invent a "better mousetrap."

 

[jon_berzerk]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

The prick lied through his teeth.....typical liberal

indeed he got caught on it

btw

markie had to sit on a booster seat today

--LOL

Mark Zuckerberg's Chair on Capitol Hill Has a Nice Big Extra Cushion | Washingtonian

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Censorship is a tool of totalitarian one party countries……is this what the Democrats want?

 

[jon_berzerk]

Censorship is a tool of totalitarian one party countries……is this what the Democrats want?

yes that is what they want and so much more

 

[theHawk]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Then why is a bakery not allowed to censor the content they are asked to put on their cakes? They aren’t government, it’s a private business.

If we can force Christian bakers to make gay wedding cakes and black bakers to make KKK cakes, then Facebook can be forced to allow all political content.

 

[skye]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

The prick lied through his teeth.....typical liberal

Agree.

 

[usmbguest5318]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Then why is a bakery not allowed to censor the content they are asked to put on their cakes? They aren’t government, it’s a private business.

If we can force Christian bakers to make gay wedding cakes and black bakers to make KKK cakes, then Facebook can be forced to allow all political content.

Are you truly that unsavvy about business law?

• Who owns the FB platform? Facebook, not the software developers whose labor FB purchased to have them build the platform for FB. FB was the customer to those developers and FB gets to say what content resides on its platform.
• Who owns the cake "platform?" The customer, not the baker whom the customer engages to build the "platform."

 

[Coyote]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Agree...except it is almost a monopoly it is so large and pervasive. If there is no real competition for users to turn to then that is a problem.

And that's Facebook's fault? I think not.

• Are you aware of any FB initiatives that have attempted to prevent competitors from entering the market space that FB occupies? I'm not.
• Indeed, if FB has attempted to do so, it hasn't worked, for the fact of the matter is that there are alternatives to FB:
  • Path
  • Pinterest
  • Foursquare
  • Nextdoor
  • Roamz
• Who's fault is it that users have either not sought to discover those platforms' existence? Not FB's.
• Who's fault is it that users have not availed themselves of those platforms to the extent they have FB? Not FB's.
• Who's fault is it that FB's platform implementation is better suited to what users want than are the competing alternatives? Well, that is FB's "fault," but it's not FB's fault that no competitor has yet to invent a "better mousetrap."

Pinterest is a completely different entity. The others I never even heard of which is indicative of how small they are.

 

[Geaux4it]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

Suckenburg is a screaming liberal douchebag

-Geaux

 

[iceberg]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

and if it were conservatives doing this to liberals, you'd be pissing yourself in anger unable to formulate a single powerpoint bullet.

if this is facebooks stance, great. suicide and you have fun with it.

 

[iceberg]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

first time i watched cruz tear into someone and he had a mission and knew what to go with. zuck kept falling over himself trying to defend their censorship.

as he said, if that's who they are great - then stop billing it to be who they are not.

FB has a big choice to make. either stop much of the censorship and clean up, or be a liberal rag and hope that works for them.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

Suckenburg is a screaming liberal douchebag

-Geaux

Suckenburg is a screaming lying liberal douchebag

fixed it for ya

 

[Geaux4it]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Terms and Conditions? Like the ones losers signed on homes they couldn't afford, then turn around and blame the institution which provided the loan?

-Geaux

 

[TNHarley]

This is ridiculous. FB is a private firm; it is not the government. Accordingly, the 1st Amendment does not apply to its actions. FB can do whatever the hell it wants with the content placed on its platform. The TOS to which FB users agree indicate as much. If one doesn't like or doesn't care to risk having one's content removed/blocked, don't use FB.

Thats why we need to add more institutional discrimination and apply "ideology" to the list of "protected classes"

 

[mdk]

Cruz certainly loves grandstanding and mugging for the camera.