Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Ooops! Seems like Mark isn't happy with every type of free speech.

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

This has been happening a long time, with groups such as the hacktivist group ANONYMOUS & Wikileaks.

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Good.

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

You might think that but what of this countries right to free speech which btw a lot of people have died to protect.

Would you like us to be like some foreign countries and rewrite history every day depending on who is in power. ???

I might not like those groups but they do have the right of free speech and by removing there pages just gives them publicity for free

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

There is NO right to free speech on facebook or any other 3rd party website. Facebook is private property and as such they can decide what speech to allow or not. If people want free speech online they will need to setup their own website on their own server.

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Well 38 Degrees is still up..So not every activist group has been a target.

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Exactly ,people also forget that Facebook is a money making corporation not a public service ,it is only there to make money ,why would they allow anti capitalist activists to further their cause on that site .

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Is there any evidence Facebook has done anything to these groups?

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

No idea as i chose not to read there sites, I just looked at Mr A's link

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

So it's possible this is all a case of people with an agenda jumping to conclusions?

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Could be as lets be truthful one sees agendas in the press everyday depending which side of the divide your on.:)

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

A later edition of the story to Mr A's
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ctivists-pages

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

So at this point is appears that yes those pages were suspended but so were others. Some will shout "conspiracy!!", others will say "nothing to see here".

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Agreed

Re: Facebook...perhaps not entirely "right on".
 

Indeed ,all the activist pages need to remember that they are breaking Facebooks T&C's so don't have an argument really ,and as has been mentioned it is a privately owned site and as such can shut down what they like and have whatever content they like within the law ,as indeed this site can