Current Events > AOC casts blame on Mark Zuckerberg for Capitol riot.

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Lebronwon
01/18/21 6:03:58 PM
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https://nypost.com/2021/01/16/aoc-slams-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-for-capitol-riot/

In a battle of social media superstars, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for what she said was his role in fomenting the Jan. 6 riot at Capitol Hill. He is part of this problem, the Democrat said at an online town hall meeting Friday with Bronx and Queens constituents. And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook bear partial responsibility for Wednesdays events, period. The social media magnate, she said, has coddled white supremacist groups on Facebook and even, she charged, attended dinner parties with white supremacist sympathizers. They specifically treated this type of radicalization differently, aka with kid gloves, AOC said, pointing to her contentious exchange with Zuckerberg in a congressional hearing in 2019. I asked him specifically about disinformation related to the election and the link between that disinformation and white supremacist ties, she said. We saw what was coming for a long time.

Ocasio-Cortez has claimed for months that Facebooks use of the conservative news outlet the Daily Caller in its fact-checking efforts is evidence of Zuckerbergs sympathy toward white supremacists. Theres a very clear link here, she insisted Friday. The Daily Caller has rejected Ocasio-Cortezs accusations, calling them offensive.



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Cowthief
01/18/21 6:05:01 PM
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She's not wrong. Half the time I can't even view facebook because it's so clouded with ads and "things recommended for my interests."
If I were a white supremacist I really wonder what those would look like.

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MrToothHasYou
01/18/21 6:06:16 PM
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I mean yeah, if major social media platforms hadnt stuck to their policy of platforming fascists and fascist sympathizers then they would be far less of a problem now.

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Duncanwii
01/18/21 6:06:17 PM
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Wow. People died. The only ones you should be blaming are the terrorists.
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TheoryzC
01/18/21 6:06:51 PM
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The Dems and Republicans going them for different reasons lol

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s0nicfan
01/18/21 6:07:02 PM
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Fuck her. This kind of dumb shit is going to get us Patriot Act 2.0

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Tyranthraxus
01/18/21 6:08:20 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
Wow. People died. The only ones you should be blaming are the terrorists.

Who is worse in the Michael Vick case, the guys who forced dogs to fight each other or the guy who loaned out his property to people he knew would?

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Jabodie
01/18/21 6:10:33 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Fuck her. This kind of dumb shit is going to get us Patriot Act 2.0
I've been getting the vibe that the party is over when it comes to a completely free internet. Hard to imagine new regulations aren't on the way.

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gamepimp12
01/18/21 6:11:50 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Who is worse in the Michael Vick case, the guys who forced dogs to fight each other or the guy who loaned out his property to people he knew would?


The difference is Vick had a slight debt to those people with them being family. Zuch dont owe anybody shit.

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s0nicfan
01/18/21 6:11:54 PM
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Jabodie posted...
I've been getting the vibe that the party is over when it comes to a completely free internet. Hard to imagine new regulations aren't on the way.

They're 100% on the way. You've got bipartisan support (for different reasons), a terrorism angle nobody will argue against, and tons of valuable data that the government can't currently access.

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Tyranthraxus
01/18/21 6:19:08 PM
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gamepimp12 posted...
The difference is Vick had a slight debt to those people with them being family. Zuch dont owe anybody shit.

That is more reason for him to shut these groups and shit down. Not less.

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Fazeo13
01/18/21 6:20:26 PM
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Jabodie posted...

I've been getting the vibe that the party is over when it comes to a completely free internet. Hard to imagine new regulations aren't on the way.


Yup the great firewall of usa. Everyone will just follow China's lead social credit score etc. The larger our populations get the harder it will be to keep unity.
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Gruntling
01/18/21 6:20:53 PM
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AOC isn't wrong. Zuckerberg plays a role even if indirectly.

Facebook's platform enabled rioters to organize and he has idly stood by time and again while white supremacy has unfolded. He certainly had the power to ban these people, but didn't.

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BignutzisBack
01/18/21 6:22:53 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
They're 100% on the way. You've got bipartisan support (for different reasons), a terrorism angle nobody will argue against, and tons of valuable data that the government can't currently access.



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voldothegr8
01/18/21 6:23:27 PM
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Gruntling posted...
AOC isn't wrong. Zuckerberg plays a role even if indirectly.

Facebook's platform enabled rioters to organize and he has idly stood by time and again while white supremacy has unfolded. He certainly had the power to ban these people, but didn't.

It's not his responsibility to police his platform, not to mention crazy leftists can organize on the platform all the same
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Wii_Shaker
01/18/21 6:25:29 PM
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Zuckerberg definitely played a role in allowing them to organize. It's not like he didn't know what his online services were being used for. He may not serve time but he is partially to blame.

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Tyranthraxus
01/18/21 6:25:34 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
It's not his responsibility to police his platform
It literally is

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Intro2Logic
01/18/21 6:26:24 PM
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Not the first time they've been responsible for bloodshed
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html

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gamepimp12
01/18/21 6:28:52 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
That is more reason for him to shut these groups and shit down. Not less.
Yeah Im agreeing

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Darmik
01/18/21 6:29:34 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
It's not his responsibility to police his platform, not to mention crazy leftists can organize on the platform all the same

If it's not his then who?

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Unknown760
01/18/21 6:31:43 PM
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As annoying AOC is, I agree with her.

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Prismsblade
01/18/21 6:41:45 PM
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Darmik posted...
If it's not his then who?
The moderators?

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Musourenka
01/18/21 6:45:58 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
The moderators?

And who is responsible for the moderators?

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Cowthief
01/18/21 6:47:46 PM
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Musourenka posted...
And who is responsible for the moderators?

Error1355

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unclekoolaid73
01/18/21 6:48:03 PM
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Who watches the Watchmen?

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Smashingpmkns
01/18/21 6:48:06 PM
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Hop103
01/18/21 6:51:20 PM
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AOC is partially to blame for this (as with many other politicians on each side), due to her democratic socialist rhetoric. Also Zuck is not at fault, he isn't no politician, take responsibility and stop deflecting.
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Intro2Logic
01/18/21 6:53:10 PM
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Hop103 posted...
AOC is partially to blame for this (as with many other politicians on each side), due to her democratic socialist rhetoric.
I'd love to watch you try to explain this

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Cowthief
01/18/21 6:57:53 PM
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Hop103 posted...

See ya after your warning.

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voldothegr8
01/18/21 6:58:53 PM
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This is dangerously close to a government official telling a private company how to censor their platform, which would be in fact a violation of the 1st
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Darmik
01/18/21 7:02:13 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
This is dangerously close to a government official telling a private company how to censor their platform, which would be in fact a violation of the 1st

And if a private company is the catalyst for a crime?

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voldothegr8
01/18/21 7:07:02 PM
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Darmik posted...


And if a private company is the catalyst for a crime?

They are not in this case, Facebook didn't incite these morons
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au_gold
01/18/21 7:10:35 PM
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Hop103 posted...
AOC is partially to blame for this (as with many other politicians on each side), due to her democratic socialist rhetoric. Also Zuck is not at fault, he isn't no politician, take responsibility and stop deflecting.
One of the dumbest posts Ive ever seen on CE.

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Darmik
01/18/21 7:11:19 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
They are not in this case, Facebook didn't incite these morons

That's not what is being argued by AOC. These morons benefited greatly from Facebook and consistently use it to gain influence.

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Vyrulisse
01/18/21 7:13:14 PM
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Jabodie posted...
I've been getting the vibe that the party is over when it comes to a completely free internet. Hard to imagine new regulations aren't on the way.
I've been saying this for a long time. Government will use any excuse to increase control over the internet and our lives and they are going to do it here. The legions of short sighted people cheerleading the nonsense only makes it easier for them.

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chairforceone
01/18/21 7:13:23 PM
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I agree with her, Zuckerburg knew full well what was happening and kept on taking that sweet white supremacist revenue.
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chairforceone
01/18/21 7:14:39 PM
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Vyrulisse posted...
I've been saying this for a long time. Government will use any excuse to increase control over the internet and our lives and they are going to do it here. The legions of short sighted people cheerleading the nonsense only makes it easier for them.

isnt that what the government (the president) did two weeks ago to the short sighted people (republicans) already?

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Darmik
01/18/21 7:17:32 PM
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Vyrulisse posted...
I've been saying this for a long time. Government will use any excuse to increase control over the internet and our lives and they are going to do it here. The legions of short sighted people cheerleading the nonsense only makes it easier for them.

It sucks either way. Either the Government makes it worse or people continue to make it worse.

Best case scenario is if the big tech companies do a better job with their major platforms but it's probably getting too late for that at this point.

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Vyrulisse
01/18/21 7:17:40 PM
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chairforceone posted...
isnt that what the government (the president) did two weeks ago to the short sighted people (republicans) already?
And? That doesn't make my statement any less true, it makes it even moreso. This is happening and party is irrelevant.

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SomeGuyUO
01/18/21 7:18:42 PM
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Facebook chose not to get rid of misinformation on their website because they said it would disproportionately affect conservatives.
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GrabASnickers
01/18/21 7:25:40 PM
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I don't know how exactly you regulate social media companies without it being a censorship slippery slope but she's not wrong, they knowingly chose profits at the expense of allowing white supremacy to grow
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mft1
01/18/21 7:31:43 PM
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Darmik posted...
That's not what is being argued by AOC. These morons benefited greatly from Facebook and consistently use it to gain influence.
so does she
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TomNook20
01/18/21 7:39:11 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Fuck her. This kind of dumb shit is going to get us Patriot Act 2.0
It's already happening.

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Darmik
01/18/21 7:40:22 PM
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mft1 posted...
so does she

And she's not using it to commit crimes or spread false news.

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STEROLIZER
01/18/21 8:19:34 PM
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Facebook can't win. The Republicans go after them for imposed censorship, and Dems go after them for not censoring enough.

I'm of the POV that I'd rather the hate groups and various extremist/controversial groups/figures on all sides be left uncensored.

Let them express their nutso views, let them destroy themselves. People are adults, they don't need to be protected from potential dangerous ideology by big business of all people.

Deplatforming controversial views is not going to stop it. It's just going to radicalize it more. Let it exist, and allow other people to point and laugh at it.

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Questionmarktarius
01/18/21 8:22:33 PM
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Jabodie posted...
I've been getting the vibe that the party is over when it comes to a completely free internet. Hard to imagine new regulations aren't on the way.
Definitely going to be the nigh-ending of anonymity.

Even Signal isn't anonymous.
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GrabASnickers
01/18/21 8:33:57 PM
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STEROLIZER posted...
I'm of the POV that I'd rather the hate groups and various extremist/controversial groups/figures on all sides be left uncensored.

Let them express their nutso views, let them destroy themselves. People are adults, they don't need to be protected from potential dangerous ideology by big business of all people.

Yeah that sure worked out well

STEROLIZER posted...
Deplatforming controversial views is not going to stop it. It's just going to radicalize it more. Let it exist, and allow other people to point and laugh at it.

The only reason this even might be true is because we took it past the point of no return. Deplatforming sooner might have worked but even if it's too late, you can't just let them win and say well can't do anything now
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