Facebook Blocks Infowars Post on Suspicious Men Wearing Backpacks

[mrveggieman]

http://www.infowars.com/facebook-blo...ing-backpacks/

[Wickabee]

So...they're whining that another private company refuses to print their material? Facebook has every right to censor content just as the mods and admins do here. They aren't the internet, they're jus one site.
I love the blatantly leasing speculation as to be why they're being censored on another site. Anyone who jumps to "The FBI told them to" before anything else without hard evidence is a but and I won't listen to them.

[mrveggieman]

Facebook has censored me as well. If you have a certian political lean the give you a really hard time. I actually caught more hell during the election over there than I ever did here.

[yankeesfan1324]

I find it ironic how they advocate for a strict interpretation of the constitution (not saying that is bad, I agree with that) and then complain when a company does something completely within their legal rights.

Facebook does that a lot, so it isn't really safe to say the FBI told them to block it

[Wickabee]

Facebook has censored me as well. If you have a certian political lean the give you a really hard time. I actually caught more hell during the election over there than I ever did here.

I have definite leanings on my facebook and have never once been censored for any of it. You must have been really letting them have it.

And again, totally within their rights. They own it, they decide what stays and what goes. No different from any other site. Why anyone would think it is or should be is beyond me.

To me, the bigger issue is one "media" outlet complaining that another "media" outlet isn't reporting their story for them. Kind of shows the sense of entitlement they have.

[mrveggieman]

I have definite leanings on my facebook and have never once been censored for any of it. You must have been really letting them have it.

Yeah I originally liked facebook because I thought that it was uncensored. Boy was I wrong once I figured out who really runs facebook.

[Wickabee]

Yeah I originally liked facebook because I thought that it was uncensored. Boy was I wrong once I figured out who really runs facebook and is completely within their rights to do so, since they aren't a government organization.

Fixed.

[JustAlex]

Alex Jones....UGH....I don't need to know any more.

[Wickabee]

Alex Jones....UGH....I don't need to know any more.

Woah. If you're on this side of this particular issue, I MUST be on the right track.

[Star_Cards]

Censoring aside...

So they are saying that this is somehow a staged terror attack? Are they insinuating that this was created by a division of the government?

I will say that it is curious as to why these guys were there, but I don't think it skips to what they are claiming.

I'm not sure why facebook would care to censor. I see all sorts of links from various points of view on FB. Maybe they are blocked due to some sort of spamming issues. I doubt the FBI would contact FB and tell them to block. If they actually think that they may have a bit of a big head to think they are that big of a deal.