The Unintended Consequences of Facebook Ad Boycott Campaign

Written by Murthy | Published 2020/08/26
Tech Story Tags: facebook | free-speech | faagm | startups | facebook-boycott-news | censorship | future | technology

TLDR Social networks must encourage their users to not flag posts they disagree with as hate speech, but instead engage in counter speech by critiquing such ideas. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and the like have replaced street corners and parks as centers of free speech and debate, making unbiased cyber platforms imperative to protect free speech, one of America’s most revered founding principles. The strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression; it is more speech — the voices of tolerance that rally against bigotry, says President Obama.via the TL;DR App

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Written by Murthy | Software engineer, freelance writer
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/08/26