A few days ago, we had serious problem with Facebook. The largest social network decided to "seal" our page and the group of the site. All the posts went for a walk, and it was not possible to make new ones from the iguru.gr domain.
The largest social network, bar none warning decided to silence iGuRu and of course he succeeded, easily.
The reason; We honestly do not know yet. We did not publish fake news, we did not publish any videos about the recruitment of terrorists, nor did we promote any financial fraud. This post does not look for the reasons why our page was downloaded. Maybe it was just a wrong click. It's more to see the global impact of the Facebook phenomenon.
We live in an age where terabytes of data are bombarding us and content is unfortunately censored.
Facebook can download whatever it wants because maybe some government asked it to. Other times posts disappear due to an overly cautious attitude of some puritanical mod. All of course Social Networks προτιμούν να είναι safe from any government intervention and apparently that is better than apologizing. However, when pages "fall" they should explain the reason. Facebook doesn't have a hotline for customer support, and it certainly doesn't have an online legal office.
The above concerns were heightened when I read about the removal of some Iran accounts on Instagram. Several pages in support of Iranian General Qassem Soleiman, who was assassinated by the United States last week, were dropped over the weekend.
Facebook's explanation? Penalties. Donnie O'Sullivan and Artemis Moshtaghian they mention on CNN:
As part of our compliance with US law, a Facebook spokesman said the company removes accounts running from or on behalf of individuals and entities sanctioned by the US.
It also removes posts that applaud the actions of individuals and individuals sanctioned by the U.S., the social network spokesman said, adding that Facebook has a lawsuit if users believe their posts have been removed by mistake.
The above applies. There is an appeal form from which you can send a message, but you will not receive a response…
GoFundMe had to delete at least two fundraising campaigns for the victims of the Ukrainian flight that was shot down by Iranian missiles, in order to bring them back a little later, Reported Colin Lecher in The Verge.
What will happen; Lawyers disagree about the extent to which large technology companies are involved in US sanctions. The deletion of the publications on the issue of Iran gives us a very clear message. The US government can be considered a world government and of course the censorship and their propaganda is applied worldwide.
The events in Iran may have reminded us of FB's stance, but this is not the first time we have experienced such a thing from technology companies. Last year, GitHub restricted users to several countries for US sanctions.
In 2018, Slack shut down accounts around the world that were linked to Iran, in a move that went far beyond the US border. Apple downloaded several popular Iranian applications from its store in 2017, again due to US sanctions, stating: "This area of law is complex and constantly changing."
But the reality is different: Facebook, Instagram and social networks in general have users and not citizens. We may have more freedom of speech than they have in Iran, but we realize that social networks operate as states trying to shape political speech.
That is, if I think upside down and translate the text and the title as: did you leave? did you break away from "us"? E, now you will see what you have to suffer…, will I be bad?
Welcome back George and may the status (domain) not change again.
Welcome I found you George, this time we say stay
First of all, this autorefresh you put is quite annoying and we can not write a comment without deleting it…
So let's go back to the comment for the 4th time…. (and of course due to age I may have forgotten half of what I wanted to comment…)
And now it gives me a good duplicate ……
Clearly, Facebook does not just censor but directs the news as it wants….
Where should one first mention his make-up ??? For example, he acquires rights to the photos that everyone uploads to his account ???
As for "we are users and not citizens" λέει where the article says, the biggest "trick" that faceboo did, was 4-5 years ago if I remember correctly that it had forced almost all users to send a photo ID or passport to make an identity… as if it were a public service… to send them your personal data in exchange for not closing your account…. as the other option with library cards, letter or DEKO account that was NOT accepted….
So personally, since I value my data more…, they clearly and never unblocked my account…
So I do not think they care much about the democratic processes which they say they support… ..
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First of all, this autorefresh you put is quite annoying and we can not write a comment without deleting it…
So let's go back to the comment for the 4th time…. (and of course due to age I may have forgotten half of what I wanted to comment…)
Clearly, Facebook does not just censor but directs the news as it wants….
Where should one first mention his make-up ??? For example, he acquires rights to the photos that everyone uploads to his account ???
As for "we are users and not citizens" λέει where the article says, the biggest "trick" that faceboo did, was 4-5 years ago if I remember correctly that it had forced almost all users to send a photo ID or passport to make an identity… as if it were a public service… to send them your personal data in exchange for not closing your account…. as the other option with library cards, letter or DEKO account that was NOT accepted….
So personally, since I value my data more…, they clearly and never unblocked my account…
So I do not think they care much about the democratic processes which they say they support… ..