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1. abroszka33 · 1790500847 · focus · HN ↗

   I hope Lula wins and they will ban Facebook for good after the elections. This is an attack on Brazil’s sovereignty.

   1. tryauuum · 1790501518 · focus · HN ↗

      nothing good usually comes out of governments censoring internet

      1. ben_w · 1790502510 · focus · HN ↗

         In this case, the unelected leadership of Facebook is apparently censoring the free speech of a political candidate.

         I don't really know anything about Lula (I wouldn't have known this was Brazil if it wasn't explicitly mentioned, I only know from the Wikipedia page 30 seconds ago that their full name is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and "Lula" is a nickname), so I can't say if they're "fine" or "evil", but one does not simply get to disregard the implications of censorship (of anyone, let alone a political party) when it happens to be done by a private corporation.

         Especially when it's a foreign private corporation that's already deeply suspicious for political interference in multiple nations, as Meta is.

         1. tryauuum · 1790504824 · focus · HN ↗

            It feels like your treat the facebook as some common good, and censorship made by it thus preposterous, something which should be punished

            But it's a multimillion dollar corporation in a foreign country, to me the idea they owe you something is strange

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            Governments are still more powerful than corporations, this is why I am more afraid of the censorship of the internet by governments than of it by corporations

            1. BLKNSLVR · 1790509492 · focus · HN ↗

               All the more reason to ban Meta. If Meta are actively taking sides in Brazilian elections, then the site _should_ be banned, even if it's temporary for the lead-up to the election.

               Meta can do whatever they want, but so can a sovereign nation if they deem Meta was actively subverting their democratic process.

               > Governments are still more powerful than corporations

               Corporations aren't all equal. And Meta is one of the most unequal. Add to that the relationship with Trump's government, and your 'corporations' argument is meaningless.

               If it were some other mutli-national that doesn't have its own massively popular news platform, I'd be much more likely to agree.

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