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The most concerning element of Facebook’s potential new power

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Curated: 20/04/2015 from www.cjr.org/criticism/facebook_news_censorship.php?utm_content=buffere15c8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The most concerning element of Facebook’s potential new power

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"the most crucial element of Facebook’s new power: the right to chose between the free expression of ideas or to instead impose censorship when it deems content unworthy... How will its algorithms handle stories posted directly to Facebook that question Facebook’s monopoly status? ... If the Washington Post posted its PRISM story about collusion between tech companies and the NSA directly on Facebook - a story that Facebook disputed - would its algorithms subtly suppress it?... Standard Oil or Pfizer or General Motors never had the power to ensure millions of New York Times subscribers would not get their paper the next day. Yet with one click, Facebook could pull off the modern-day equivalent." - The most concerning element of Facebook’s potential new power - Columbia Journalism Review

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