Originally posted by glassspider
Comments,threads and users get deleted on here all of the time same as facebook because it has been reported for breaking T&C. Is ATS evil too or censoring us working fir the government . i don't understand why every single thing has to be some big conspiracy.
i could have reported that because i found it offensive or if they had used an image i had the rights to or even just because the comments made by other users in response and therefor printed in the same place were abusive or offensive (which is likely when it comes to the gun issues some americans get pretty rabid on both sides of that argument)
it could have been the last complaint of many for things printed on their page and just the straw that broke the camels back. i assume that all the people who reposted it didnt get deleted too so maybe we arent getting the full story. i dont think facebook is without its faults but with the massive amount of varied opinions and pages on there i dont think theyre obsessively censoring anything they disagree with either.

Just to point out 1 more time: to compare ATS to FB is to compare apples to pea gravel. ATS, while huge, is miniscule in scope when compared to FB.

FB might have crossed a threshold where it is considered more akin to "public space".

phone is playing up will reply on comp later

We can argue about Gandhi's beliefs regarding weapon ownership, and self-defence, until the cow's come home. It doesn't change the FACT that when Gandhi said "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest" he was referring to the refusal of the British to conscript Indians into the British Army during the World War I.

The full quote, as it appears in part 5, of chapter 27, of Gandhi's autobiography is as follows:

"I used to issue leaflets asking people to enlist as recruits. One of the arguments I had used was distasteful to the Commissioner: 'Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."

Gandhi's autobiography specifies the aforementioned leaflets were part of a recruiting campaign urging Indians to serve with the British Army in World War I, while simultaneously playing a role in his campaign to discredit the British. Arguably, the former was merely a cover for the latter.

I brought up the topic on Facebook, but was careful to not reference Gandhi or the quote it self to attach the moderators of Facebook. I've found ATS guilty of doing this atrocity also, so...ehh...POLICE STATE!

Facebook is the secret goverment spying program......
I mean Thats it.....
read what you are agreeing to when you sign up.....
From what you give them, they can get the rest with ease....plus your other web participations as well.....
Its a natural, and who would ever believe it?
call me Krazy

Sorry but I call BS - not at the OP - but at the info.

I have more GUN RIGHTS THIS and GUN RIGHTS THAT on my FB than I can shake a stick at.
Nothing has been removed.

I also have a ton of stuff about Sandy Hook - NOTHING has been removed.

Just sayin...

peace

This very own site is being discussed on another site, as this site also removes whole threads and bans for certain discussions. So Meh. Whats worse, this site or FB. Both seem the same to me.

Originally posted by SilentKoala
I'm starting to understand now how "they" are getting rid of the first amendment. They aren't going to get rid of it at all, they are just going to circumvent it by corporatizing all forms of information propagation, and get all of society to become solely dependent on those communication channels. Then they will fall back on the BS claim that "well it's private so we can censor all we want." Pure evil genius.

That is not possible if we are talking about internet sites. You may have a point if we apply this logic to corporate ISPs or internet cables themselves, and indeed preventing this kind of censorship is the aim of net neutrality laws. However, if Facebook bans you, you can always communicate using different sites.