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Wouldn't the same rule applying to everyone be consistent with the censorship, if every org is subject to the same strict censorship on reproductive themes and sexual orientation ?

"we're consistent" doesn't mean "we're fair"





>“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”

― Anatole France


Reminds me of the anti gay marriage folks who claim they aren't discriminating because any man can marry any woman of their choice and vice versa.

Good point, it’s I ind of like how NSO, the spyware company, “complies with all applicable laws” of the countries they sell their spyware to.

NSO also claimed that their Pegasus software couldn't target US or Israeli phone numbers, but we now know that isn't true, so excuse me if it's hard to take their word for anything they say publicly. Not to mention that time they claimed they weren't involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and then later we found Pegasus on the phones of his fiancée, wife, and other relatives.

Same goes for Meta, at one point it becomes blatantly obvious that you cannot trust any of their statements, because they turn out again and again to not be true.


Is that in fact the case here?

Are all accounts linked to abortion or queer content now gone from Facebook? I don’t believe that’s the case, right?


_all_ accounts are surely not gone, that's so much moderating effort it never happened for any specific rule.

Do all the reported accounts and content get nuked ? Potentially yes ?


That’s not what the person you’re replying to said.

Then help me understand what they mean.

> Are all accounts linked to abortion or queer content now gone from Facebook?

Is that what the guardian claimed?


The question would be, are any such accounts limited, blocked, or removed? It seems the answer there is "yes".

That would mean Facebook's response is either blatantly false, or deceptively using weasel wording.


or they got banned for other reasons



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