More of Facebook's Epic Hypocrisy On 'Publishers' vs. Platforms

This will be quick, I promise. First, you all know about the deal with Facebook and Twitter. They demand exemptions from consequences for the content shared on their platforms by claiming they are not the publisher. They don’t want to be punished for what other people share.

Fair enough.

But as the page “owner” of the GraniteGrok Facebook Page and Facebook Group, I am held responsible, by Facebook, for content other people publish on these pages.

Let me say that again. If y’all post a bunch of stuff they claim is fake, false, or violates community standards, it’s my fault. I could be de-platformed. My personal page and the pages I oversee.

Even when that content is not material, I published.

Nice.

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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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