Meta's soon-to-be CTO: "If your democracy can’t tolerate the speech of people, I’m not sure what kind of democracy it is." (reclaimthenet.org)
I totally agree. I guess these words don’t apply to Facebook itself, though.
He contradicted the anti-free speech stance of his company by saying: “I don’t feel comfortable at all saying they don’t have a voice because I don’t like what they said.”
Bosworth added: “If your democracy can’t tolerate the speech of people, I’m not sure what kind of democracy it is. [Facebook is] a fundamentally democratic technology.”
The statement is particularly jarring considering the constant censorship of thought the platform engages in, under the guise of censoring “misinformation.”
It will be wonderful to see his company take actions that go along with these words. I won’t hold my breath, though.
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