Facebook Needs To Protect Human Rights Issue, Civil Groups Say (cnet.com)

Facebook needs to be more forthcoming about the kinds of content it takes down. That's according to 73 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Black Lives Matter, SumOfUs and more, who signed a letter sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. From a report on CNET: The group asks for more clarity on the social networking giant's position on removing video and other content that highlight civil rights issues at the behest of authorities. The growing importance of Facebook in your life means it plays a central role in the news, video and content you see. That was made horrifyingly clear over the summer when its Facebook Live streaming video tool was used to broadcast the shooting of a black man by a police officer in Minnesota. The next day, the medium was used to broadcast a sniper firing shots at police officer at another civil rights demonstration. "With the onset of Facebook Live, your company is taking on an increasingly central role in controlling media that circulates through the public sphere," the letter said. "News is not just getting shared on Facebook: it's getting broken there."

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We wouldn't have these problems

[Anonymous Coward]

We wouldn't need to make a company do the people's bidding if people made use of the Internet instead of Zuckernet. Stop putting everything behind those walls.

Re:We wouldn't have these problems

[TheRaven64]

It's a shame this is at -1, but it's entirely right. If you have a Facebook account and you use it to communicate with people then you are responsible for giving Facebook this power. Don't want Facebook to abuse its power? Don't give it its power in the first place. Boycott Facebook, and more importantly boycott companies that use it to advertise.

Re:Forest for the trees

[Archangel Michael]

MSM stopped reporting the news a long time ago. It is now just propaganda for the power class. See WikiLeaks for evidence.

It is Hackers breaking news, and the "networks" trying to keep a lid on it all.