Can social media censor content? Google does it. So does FB and Twitter

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JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, May 2, 2021 1:36 PM

Ban Trump? Not so fast. Florida set to stop Facebook and Twitter from censoring politicians

https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/05/01/ban-trump-not-so-fast-flori
da-set-to-stop-facebook-and-twitter-from-censoring-politicians/

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, May 2, 2021 4:21 PM

Over 50% of Facebook employees believe Donald Trump’s ban should remain in place
https://knowtechie.com/over-50-of-facebook-employees-believe-donald-tr
umps-ban-should-remain-in-place/

Trump says he does not miss 'very boring' Twitter and claims his press releases are 'more elegant'
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-does-not-miss-095849013.html

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, May 2, 2021 8:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

I disagree. Other than that, and to avoid a long, pointless argument, you can have the last word.

After you ...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you didn't dismiss Agenda 2030 or whatever they're calling it now when it came up in discussion in the years past.

I'd say the absolutely disproportionate response to a virus that has a near 0% chance of killing anybody healthy that we've all been subjected to has been a great way to make strides toward that goal.

As a social experiment (which I said very early on is what I thought it was), it's been a monstrous success.

The answer is: Yes. It would be exceedingly easy to take away everybody's freedom. Half of them willingly and happily give it up, and then help try to take others down that won't.

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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.

1KIKI

Sunday, May 2, 2021 9:07 PM

Does it exist? Yes, it does.

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/21252030%20Age
nda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20web.pdf

Other than that, I have no particular opinion either way. I haven't looked at it, or thought about it enough to have one. So please don't mischaracterize me as being a supporter, just because I made no comment.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, May 2, 2021 9:32 PM

I'm just surprised at your current behavior on the issue, considering how you usually react when you don't agree with me is all.

I won't prod any further at this point. Sounds like you've got some pondering to do.

P.S. I wasn't calling you a supporter of Agenda 2030, if that was your takeaway. Sorry you felt that I was.

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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, May 2, 2021 9:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
As a social experiment (which I said very early on is what I thought it was), it's been a monstrous success.

The answer is: Yes. It would be exceedingly easy to take away everybody's freedom. Half of them willingly and happily give it up, and then help try to take others down that won't.

Hey... There's an extreme example of the type of behavior this social experiment has created.

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=64358&mid=11325
44#1132544

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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.

1KIKI

Monday, May 3, 2021 2:40 AM

I've just decided that you can't understand fact and logic, so there's no discussing anything with you. That's all.

And once again, you've failed to represent me truthfully.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, May 3, 2021 6:23 AM

Cool.

I win then.

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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, May 3, 2021 6:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Over 50% of Facebook employees believe Donald Trump’s ban should remain in place
https://knowtechie.com/over-50-of-facebook-employees-believe-donald-tr
umps-ban-should-remain-in-place/

That seems an excellent argument for banning facebook from USA, or any other place that claims Right of Freedoms.

SIGNYM

Monday, May 3, 2021 9:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Well, I'm going to disagree with your conclusion.

What they're after is reality control. And thought control. (BTW most of these aren't my ideas but rather cobbled together from many sources, including SignyM.)

They already have reality control for all but the internet hounds through control of the 'news'.

But to get to specific observations 'out there' about reality control (including pivotal ones from Signy about 'kettling' and blank spots in the news) ...

When it comes to the 'news', most people assume that if it's in the 'news' it's true. And they assume the opposite; if it's NOT in the 'news' then it isn't happening and it isn't true. ie It's 'fake'. When I read the 'news', even on the inet, even from a wide variety of sources across the globe, I always wonder what's not being reported. I assume that there are many articles that are printed because they're smokescreens to hide the absence of important facts, and because they're in support of a 'narrative', (Try to find an article about "The Mighty Wurlitzer".) I'm not diligent or thoughtful enough to know where to look to find the real news, but the question's always on my mind.

But imo if you want to control what people opine, control what they think OTHER people are thinking. People tend to adopt the (apparently) prevalent opinions. Imo what made the (Vietnam) antiwar protests so huge was that they were covered by the media in all their massive chaos. It became acceptable to protest because so many others were protesting. It became acceptable to opine that the war was wrong because so many others publicly thought so, too.

That's where 'kettling' comes in. If you restrict the protests to some more distant place ... and limit the locations ... and you don't report about them (or simply put a few short articles in some obscure sections) ... then it looks like nobody disagrees. And people look around and think to themselves - Well! I guess this is a non-issue! If it's a non-issue to them, then it's a non-issue to me, too! Out of sight, out of mind.

Or you mis-report protests, for example, you report on the 'mostly peaceful', scattered, small, infrequent, BLM protests even though they're 'none of the above'. And then you fade them from the news. Nobody seems to be doing anything! I guess they're not a problem anymore! (if they ever were)

But then you have Jan 6 where the protesters failed to follow the rules. They showed up in huge numbers that were obvious to everyone, and they failed to be kettled. So ... what to do ... (BTW, there were a lot of heavily cropped photos reported that didn't show the true extent of the crowd. And have YOU seen crowd estimates for Jan 6? I haven't.) Aside from minimizing (cropped photos anyone? crowd numbers, anyone?), the media engaged-in and is engaging-in misreporting - like for example calling it an 'insurrection' despite the complete lack of even primitive 1776 weaponry (like guns).

But the one thing you REALLY don't want to have is a repeat. Nobody should take a Jan 6 lesson that having unapproved ideas and having unapproved crowds is tolerated. God forbid a repeat of the anti-war protests of the 60's and 70's in a democracy. Enter social media scouring, facial recognition, and government propaganda. So despite the fact that 99.9% of people there did absolutely nothing wrong except show up to register their opinion, vigilantes of all types including private persons and companies, and government agencies and Congress itself, were/ are hell-bent on identifying anyone and everyone there by any means necessary. Your family, your friends, your neighbors, your employers, and software in anybody's hands, will snitch on you. That'll make a lot of people think twice about joining unapproved gatherings in support of unapproved opinions! And then,

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