Comments on: Facebook: Internet’s Link Police

By: charles

charles — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:54:16 +0000

“Facebook needs a gentle reminder that the internet is not there to be policed”.

I have to disagree with this statement you made, at the moment the internet is wide open without ethics or morals, and unless someone takes over the policing, it is going to get worse, Right now I feel as if I have been swindled out of $997 USD, which name I can’t mention at the moment till my CC gets my money back,
and facebook has all policy rights that the believe affects their polcies

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Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy :: Facebook Squares Off Against The Pirate Bay — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:04:08 +0000

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By: Vitali Berditchevski

Vitali Berditchevski — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:35:50 +0000

Lawrence,
I absolutely agree with you that facebook’s owners have the right police its content. Nowhere in my entry did I say that they do not. I am merely raising awareness of the fact that they are doing it in order to put some pressure on them.

I believe that it is wrong to limit freedom of speech in this way. Therefore, even though they have the right to do so, there is no legitimate reason for them to act. If they choose to limit freedom of speech, this choice must be met with harsh criticism and pressure on them to refrain from doing so in the future.

By: Nick Miller

Nick Miller — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:49:03 +0000

Here’s a possible thorn in Facebook’s side. What if users protest this move and assemble an organic resistance via Facebook’s new open governance policies? Users could force the issue if they got enough support.

Personally, I believe that Facebook has a right to do whatever they please. Users opt to follow the TOS as Lawrence alluded to above. There are plenty of social networks out there to use if Facebook’s policies don’t resonate with you.

By: Lawrence Gridin

Lawrence Gridin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:38:17 +0000

Look, just to play Devil’s Advocate here, why can’t Facebook police its members profiles?

You voluntarily use the service. In doing so, you agree to abide by their Terms of Service and/or Acceptable Use Policy. If their ToS says no links to Pirate Bay, so be it.

Whether Pirate Bay is illegal is not the point.

That’s because Facebook can block links to that site for any reason it sees fit.

By: Omar Ha-Redeye

Omar Ha-Redeye — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:00:59 +0000

There's a whole world out there more than just TinyURL. See my recent post on it here.

By: Vitali Berditchevski

Vitali Berditchevski — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:19:37 +0000

Yes you can, which just the futility of this whole exercise.

By: Devin Johnston

Devin Johnston — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:06:52 +0000

I wonder if you can still post the links using a url shortening services such as TinyURL.