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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. LtWorf · 1790508462 · focus · HN ↗

               Facebook has to follow the law like everyone else… I know they don't like to but…

               1. hvb2 · 1790514963 · focus · HN ↗

                  Spoiler, they only follow court orders. You can violate the law as long as you want until there's a judge saying you do. This is just modus operandi for any big corp in America nowadays.

                  1. owebmaster · 1790519437 · focus · HN ↗

                     That's a plain big lie. There was no court order to ban Lula's account.

                     1. hvb2 · 1790529382 · focus · HN ↗

                        I was referring to normal business operations in the US.

                        So if someone thinks this is illegal, it's only illegal until a court says so. It can be in clear violation of the law but until a judge says it is they can pretend they 'interpret' things differently

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