[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Facebook is not a public space where people have the right to freedom of speech. It is a privately owned website that can pick and choose it's content literally however it wants. When you sign up to a Facebook account you agree to the terms of service. I've picked out the relevant parts to save you the trouble.

From Facebook T&Cs



The relevant section, if you're wondering, comes under "community standards", which I've also looked up for you. If you want to check for yourself, it's under section 3, "objectionable content";



When Tommy created his Facebook account, he ticked a box that said "I agree to these terms and conditions". Do most of us read though them? Of course not. It doesn't matter. He signed a contract, the contract explicitly outlines the reasons ones account might be cancelled, it's there in black and white.

Sorry Alf you've missed the mark this time. It's not censorship. It's a private contact between individual and company that's been broken. They have every right to remove him.

My argument to that is easy. There terms and conditions mean little, when they're not consistent with their rules and handing out punishment.

Sorry but they're not getting away with being accused of censoring with that old chestnut.

[Candy Annie Cane]

Originally Posted by Alf

My argument to that is easy. There terms and conditions mean little, when they're not consistent with their rules and handing out punishment.

Sorry but they're not getting away with being accused of censoring with that old chestnut.

A lot of it comes down to how many people push the report button though Alf......whether it is him or not actually posting if his page is reported they will remove it.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

My argument to that is easy. There terms and conditions mean little, when they're not consistent with their rules and handing out punishment.



Sorry but they're not getting away with being accused of censoring with that old chestnut.

It's irrelevant whether or not the apply the rules equally because, again, they're not providing a public service. They run a private business that they allow people to post in, in exchange for signing a document that says they can delete your content and remove your account as they see fit if you violate the terms and conditions. It doesn't mean they HAVE to, it just means they can, and if they choose not to apply the rules equally and fairly... that's entirely their business, too.

The irony is that believing that this should not be the case - that Facebook as a company should NOT be able to make that decision and that there should be rules on what they can and can't do with their site - is "Lefty-Liberal" thinking