Facebook has self-censored once again by shutting down a same-sex kiss-in event, which was planned for Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in Spain next month.
The page promoting the same-sex kissing Flashmob had gotten 12,000 users confirmed for the event, which was scheduled to take place in Cathedral Square in Barcelona on November 7.
No word yet on how this will affect the actual event.
You can say what you want about the event's content, but the fact is this marks another case of censorship by Facebook, and it's directed at the gay community, which is NOT cool.
The page promoting the same-sex kissing Flashmob had gotten 12,000 users confirmed for the event, which was scheduled to take place in Cathedral Square in Barcelona on November 7.
No word yet on how this will affect the actual event.
You can say what you want about the event's content, but the fact is this marks another case of censorship by Facebook, and it's directed at the gay community, which is NOT cool.
This was posted on perez hilton, a celebrity gossip blog. There have apparently been many more things that facebook has shut down for specific reasons. Does this intrude on freedom of speech? what doe this mean when the creators and managers of facebook can determine what is put on this "user generated" site?
I think that by people who manage facebook taking it upon themselves to self-censor an event like this that has already been planned it not cool. It leaves people thinking that maybe they don't even have real freedom on a network, which sometimes can be their only means of identifying with others and feeling less vulnerable, which is meant to be a benefit of Social Networking.
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