>After The Intercept contacted Facebook, sources said the company deleted at least once lengthy thread on the PTO grievances, with one Facebook employee saying in the online workplace forum that the deleted post “contained false and misleading information about COVID-19 that was causing unnecessary panic for some people working in the [Mountain View] office.” This employee added that “going forward,” the company “will remove any posts or comment about COVID-19 flagged to us that contains misinformation.”
There you go, anti-misinformation rules being used to delete inconvenient discussion. At least now we have a specific example to illustrate the free speech issues associated with trying to curtail the spread of misinformation, one involving Facebook no less.
There you go, anti-misinformation rules being used to delete inconvenient discussion. At least now we have a specific example to illustrate the free speech issues associated with trying to curtail the spread of misinformation, one involving Facebook no less.