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The controversy over Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on Holocaust denial, explained
https://www.vox.com/explainers/2018/7/20/17590694/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-holocaust-denial-recode
The hard problem of how and when Facebook should regulate speech.
With more than 2 billion users stretching across every continent and country, Facebook supports a larger community than any nation-state on earth, but it isn’t built atop any of the political principles that make nation-states work. It’s become the world’s dominant media organization, but it refuses to call itself a media company or take on the responsibilities of a traditional publisher; it frames itself around a social mission, but it’s a for-profit organization that is relentless in its pursuit of growth.