Mark Zuckerberg: Covid censorship was wrong and I wish I'd fought it

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/08/27/covid-censorship-was-wrong-i-wish-id-fought-it-zuckerberg/

by t0bia_s • 2 years ago

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__s• 2 years ago

https://archive.is/uN6oz

aa_is_op3• 2 years ago

No it wasn't. Telling people to drink bleach or take random medicine is and will inherently remain dumb.

I literally had to spend weeks trying to convince my parents not to take random shit they read about online.

Filtering out garbage for official advice from experts on the topic is not "censorship."

What a ginormous cunt this guy is turning out to be!

DonsDiscountGas2• 2 years ago

Part of the reason censorship is bad policy is that if the government had that authority it would've been wielded by Trump. With more government censorship your parents would've gotten less good and more bad information, not the other way around

aa_is_op3• 2 years ago

With more government censorship your parents would've gotten less good and more bad information, not the other way around

What are you even talking about. The advice from doctors was spot on and remains the recommended way of dealing with COVID infections.

t0bia_s3• 2 years ago

Filtering content about topic that was polticialy motivated and driven by goverment is basically a definition of an censorship.

stcroixx2• 2 years ago

Of course. Any censorship is wrong, but he already knew that and decided to do it anyway out of fear and greed.

qarl4• 2 years ago

No censorship leads to 4chan. I suspect there's a reason why you're making this comment right now on HN (which has censorship) rather than 4chan.

johng2• 2 years ago

I think rules is more accurate. Censorship makes me think that you can post something that is within the rules, but if it doesn't fit the agenda it's removed. To me they are different.

I run communities and we have rules. We don't do censorship though.

t0bia_s3• 2 years ago

You confusing content moderation with censorship. Do you consider filtering porn or gore as censorship?

stcroixx2• 2 years ago

4chan is more general instead of being focused on a domain as HN is. However, I do prefer a fully uncensored platform as I don't trust anyone's judgement but my own regarding content.

Mark Zuckerberg: Covid censorship was wrong and I wish I'd fought it

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