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Facebook grows a conscience, admits it corroded democracy

Lysenko

Here's a radical idea...

"While FB is a US-headquartered company, only approximately one-eighth of active user accounts are American (India has single largest membership) so FB will cease to be guided primarily by the First Amendment to the US Constitution (which only applies to the US Federal Government in any case) and will seek to cease to promote the dissemination of lies, half-truths and mendacious distortions under colour of a fictitious legal mandate. We will closely examine political campaigning rules, fairness doctrines and journalistic integrity requirements as reflected by the democracies our users elect and seek to implement a synthesis and global standard.

For the avoidance of doubt, this will entail material departures from common US expectations and practices since it will not include a license to lie, defame and misrepresent, nor confer 'freedom of speech' rights to corporations, foundations and other non-human entities."

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