Facebook has been caught blocking links to legitimate political commentary from the Center for Immigration Studies opposing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s views on immigration. Mickey Kaus, who has been on the warpath on immigration issues for many years, has the details. Kaus makes his point succinctly in a tweet: “Was FB ban of Zuck opponents a) tech. error b) bias built into software c) eager FB thought police? A) least likely.”
Suppressing free speech by political opponents is a nasty business, and Mark Zuckerberg ought to (a) explain how this happened and (b) publicly apologize. I don’t agree with many of CIS’s views but the idea that their publications are abusive or hate speech is preposterous. This episode confirms me in my refusal to use Facebook (I am told I have a Facebook page but have never looked at it and have no intention of doing so). I’m not interested in a communications medium which suppresses views that Mark Zuckerberg disagrees with.
