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Since Facebook has agreed to implement censorship on behalf of the Turkish government[1], how long is it until discussion of the Armenian genocide is flagged as hate speech and fake news?

As far as Turkey is concerned, this is fake news. And big tech has agreed to defer to Turkey.

[1]: https://www.engadget.com/facebook-turkey-emails-200407588.ht...

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> how long is it until discussion of the Armenian genocide is flagged as hate speech and fake news?

Genocide can be talked about on Facebook, you can even organise it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...

I think your links prove my point: Facebook only cares about appeasing the powerful. Whether it is facilitating genocide or covering up genocide, they are the same. If it benefited Facebook, they would just as well deplatform people trying to expose a genocide in Myanmar.

And if the Turkish government tried organizing another genocide, I'm sure Facebook would platform it, and censor any opposition to it.

Why wouldn't they? They've already committed to deplatforming critics of the Erdoğan. Do you think that Facebook would take a principled stand and suddenly choose not to take orders from the Turkish government, and risk losing that market? I don't see that happening.

Your view is very cynical and I agree with you.

Likely it can be removed internally at the behest of the government, I doubt if they will ever censor it in other countries. That should answer your question.

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