Facebook Forced to Undo Ban On Conservative by Court Injunction

SUPPORT JOURNALISM. Become a patron athttp://www.patreon.com/TimcastFacebook recently suspended a user for calling Germans "stupid" and blamed left-wing media. They claimed this was in fact a violation of their hate speech policies, and yes directly attacking national origin is a violation. But a court recently filed an injunction saying that Facebook must unban the user and that they cannot delete his comment if he decides to post it again.What is most alarming here is that Facebook has determined that called Germans "stupid" is a bannable offence. What is next? Well, Facebook says it dreams of a future where hate speech is policed by artificial intelligence.Make sure to subscribe for more travel, news, opinion, and documentary with Tim Pool everyday.Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate)
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Facebook recently suspended a user for calling Germans "stupid" and blamed left-wing media. They claimed this was in fact a violation of their hate speech policies, and yes directly attacking national origin is a violation. But a court recently filed an injunction saying that Facebook must unban the user and that they cannot delete his comment if he decides to post it again.

What is most alarming here is that Facebook has determined that called Germans "stupid" is a bannable offence.

What is next? Well, Facebook says it dreams of a future where hate speech is policed by artificial intelligence.

Make sure to subscribe for more travel, news, opinion, and documentary with Tim Pool everyday.

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