InfoWars is truly a cesspool of crazy, true story. If you’re interested in a story about vampire goblins or fluoride turning frogs gay then they’re right up your alley BUT they’re probably not the best site to go to if you’re looking for nitty-gritty journalism. Although to be honest, we’re not entirely sure that even exists anymore.
But for someone from a fellow ‘news outlet’ to complain that Facebook ‘permits’ Infowars to have a page on their platform is incredibly disconcerting, especially when that someone works for CNN:
Facebook is hosting an event about how committed they are to fighting fake news, but they have no good answer when I ask as to why they permit InfoWars to have a page on their platform. https://t.co/eeuqOWyuDE
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 11, 2018
If we’re going to play this game plenty of people could ask the same about CNN’s page on their platform.
They allow CNN so…
— Tryx™️? (@Tryxt3rocks) July 12, 2018
Or actually ANY news site with a page on Facebook.
Talk about a slippery slope.
@AG_Conservative had two very good points to make on this:
I think Infowars is terrible, but the idea that Facebook should restrict which news organizations can have a page based on content is far worse.
The slope here is rather obvious. https://t.co/YoDvp1P3im
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 12, 2018
And dangerous. Yup.
Are they also going to restrict parody sites since many people believe them?
MSNBC has been pushing a lot of fake conspiracies lately..
Infowars deserves to be sued for some of the defamatory thugs they have returned, but insane to expect a social media platform to police this.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 12, 2018
Insane and DANGEROUS.
Thought police, anyone?
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It’s an obvious slope to censorship. Where else does this happen?
— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) July 12, 2018
Hrm … it’s on the tip of our tongue.
https://twitter.com/steven_garron4/status/1017380742798733313
Where does it stop?
Imagine the fit Darcy would throw if someone at Facebook suddenly decided that CNN pushes fake news and removes their page from the platform. And let’s be honest, we have seen plenty of fake news coming out of CNN …
It’s because it’s a thought experiment and not meant to be taken literally pic.twitter.com/1p70adONxV
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 27, 2018
Thought experiment.
As opposed to ‘fake news’.
And c’mon, couldn’t the same be said of Infowars?
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