Deleting messages of support for Iran may seem a petty, childish retaliation for opposing the Trump administration, but it has profound ramifications for freedom of access to information.
Silicon Valley giant Facebook announced Friday that it would be deleting all positive posts about recently assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on its platform and its subsidiary Instagram. The reason for this, it explained to CNN, was that the new U.S. sanctions made it illegal to promote any message supporting a person or group that the government describes as a terrorist organization. “We operate under U.S. sanctions laws, including those related to the U.S. government’s designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its leadership,” a Facebook spokesperson said. Instagram had already closed Soleimani’s account in April last year, following Trump’s designation of the IRGC as a terrorist group. Following the news Friday, Twitter suspended Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s account for “unusual activity.” It was later reopened.
#1: Pinguinite To: Ada (#0)
Pinguinite posted on 2020-01-13 14:00:44 Reply Private Reply
#2: Cynicom To: Pinguinite (#1)
Take a look at Congress.
Is it really a cross section of America?
The Presidency had to be restricted, past time to curb and restrict Congress and the Judiciary.
Founding Fathers debated term limits DECIDED THAT NO CITIZEN WOULD WANT TO STAY BEYOND A TERM OR TWO AND WOULD THEN RETURN TO PRIVATE LIFE.
Founding Fathers made a very costly error for this country.
Along came Martin Van Buren, a lifetime professional politician.
Clean out Congress and Supreme Court, let them hold President accountable.
Cynicom posted on 2020-01-13 15:11:53 Reply Private Reply