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Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:37 pm
If Facebook wants to alienate a large part of its customer base to placate the village atheists they have the right to do so.
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:37 pm
It does have the wonderful effect of sending Facebook religiotards on FB into a tizzy and deleting their accounts in wonderful rage-quits.
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:37 pm
Guys, come on
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:38 pm (This post was last modified: January 21, 2015 at 8:39 pm by Dystopia.)
Quote:ban their users from creating status updates and image posts related in any way to religion
Really? No freedom of speech? Double standards? So can I display my political ideology by showing, for example, the "A" of anarchy but not a Christian cross?
Quote: while also vowing to disband groups and take down pages with religious goals or affiliations.
And only religious groups count? Damn it, we might as well ban anyone with an agenda whatsoever.
Quote:The first will see religiously-themed pages being removed, as well as religious groups, private or otherwise, being disbanded
Freedom of speech, association and creation.
Quote: The second wave will prohibit the posting, sharing, and general distribution of religious images and memes
But can I share a pic of Stalin?
Quote: images asking Facebook users to pray, or encouraging them to believe in one or any religion, will be banned, with warning messages and even account suspensions for those who repeatedly attempt to violate the rule
Propaganda is not illegal, I have the right to proselytize
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The third and biggest wave, which is due to come near the end of the year, will impact regular Facebook users themselves, with new filters which will seek out status updates that use “religious keywords,” such as “Jesus,” “prayer,” “Church,” or “God.” Facebook staffers will read flagged status updates to determine whether they should be removed or not, with warning messages and suspensions going out to those who violate the rule.
Seems like an authoritarian dream to me.



Tell me this is a joke.

EDIT - Already found out it is a joke.
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:39 pm
Who will they ban next, atheist ?.
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:40 pm
Guys, no, seriously. It's... it's a joke. This is one of the other articles on the site.
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:42 pm
I broke my long absence from FB just to post this. I hope it angers some theists. xD
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:43 pm
In other news, Facebook to ban pictures of dogs, kittens and cutesy kids....
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:43 pm
(January 21, 2015 at 8:35 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Now would a website named National Report with Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin on the masthead be satire?




It's satire.

Doh. It seems obvious now
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RE: Facebook To Ban Religious Posts and Memes
January 21, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Do you even snopes, bro?
http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/noreligion.asp
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