Facebook cracks down on anti-vaccination misinformation

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Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Facebook announces anti-vaxx crackdown, will block ads with vaccine misinformation

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/tal ... 092719002/
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That’s kind of sad if you think about it. IMO, a normal person of average intelligence wouldn’t take information and ads used to support a site on blind faith and as fact. A person of average intelligence would see it then think hmmm, let me do research, and they would look up information on both the for and against, then make an informed decision. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening. The only thing I can conclude is...there are a lot of people who are living miracles that they can walk and breath at the same time.
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Quorra2.0 wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:15 pm That’s kind of sad if you think about it. IMO, a normal person of average intelligence wouldn’t take information and ads used to support a site on blind faith and as fact. A person of average intelligence would see it then think hmmm, let me do research, and they would look up information on both the for and against, then make an informed decision. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening. The only thing I can conclude is...there are a lot of people who are living miracles that they can walk and breath at the same time.
It’s censorship.
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Quorra2.0 wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:15 pm That’s kind of sad if you think about it. IMO, a normal person of average intelligence wouldn’t take information and ads used to support a site on blind faith and as fact. A person of average intelligence would see it then think hmmm, let me do research, and they would look up information on both the for and against, then make an iinformed decision. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening. The only thing I can conclude is...there are a lot of people who are living miracles that they can walk and breath at the same time.
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Lunarprancer wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:26 pm
Quorra2.0 wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:15 pm That’s kind of sad if you think about it. IMO, a normal person of average intelligence wouldn’t take information and ads used to support a site on blind faith and as fact. A person of average intelligence would see it then think hmmm, let me do research, and they would look up information on both the for and against, then make an informed decision. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening. The only thing I can conclude is...there are a lot of people who are living miracles that they can walk and breath at the same time.
It’s censorship.
I guess it is!
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Facebook censores freedom of speech and freedoms of choice (my body my choice right?) and socialists celebrate.
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Lunarprancer wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:26 pm
Quorra2.0 wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:15 pm That’s kind of sad if you think about it. IMO, a normal person of average intelligence wouldn’t take information and ads used to support a site on blind faith and as fact. A person of average intelligence would see it then think hmmm, let me do research, and they would look up information on both the for and against, then make an informed decision. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening. The only thing I can conclude is...there are a lot of people who are living miracles that they can walk and breath at the same time.
It’s censorship.
Yes, it is. That was just a point I decided to hold off on for a bit, lol.
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morgan wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:00 pm Facebook censores freedom of speech and freedoms of choice (my body my choice right?) and socialists celebrate.
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morgan wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:00 pm Facebook censores freedom of speech and freedoms of choice (my body my choice right?) and socialists celebrate.
Socialists celebrate?
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morgan wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:00 pm Facebook censores freedom of speech and freedoms of choice (my body my choice right?) and socialists celebrate.
Should companies be required to run ads and recommend pages that they feel are misleading or false? Freedom of speech also include freedom not to speak.
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