Read this article from Andrew Lih about a protestor’s Facebook account being shut down after made known her plans for her protest with Tibetan flags during the Olypic torch rely…
I mean WOW… i didn’t know that facebook has such a function… I mean, how on earth can someone cut an individual’s account just like that?! she wasn’t posting porn or something offensive and i mean, we are living in a world of free speech. What she’s rallying is her own beliefs and garnering support of the like-minded… Sorry.. its pretty unbelievable to me man.. Yes, its not new for sites to be filtered. You can even buy filtering softwares online, but can you actually block someone’s account wo even proving if that person’s a jerk or psycho?!
If thats the case, the president of United States can block pple protesting over the Iraq War technically right? Does anyone know exactly how this works? I’m pretty perturbed by this honestly..
Think about it, we can actually get kicked out of WordPress by saying “We support Tibet! Shame on China!”…
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May 21, 2008 at 11:26 pm
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I will not comment on the political implications of China’s actions and decisions towards Tibet. What I would like to point out and question is, given that you have the freedom of speech for your political/humanitarism (etc.) beliefs, does it then mean that you have to right to make use of a public tool (Facebook) to proprogate actions acting on your beliefs (making known plans to protest during Olympic torch relay). I believe freedom of speech comes with responsibility. Even if you intended to announce your plans to the whole wide world, do you have the right to do it on a social network where you agreed to a bunch of terms and conditions? I say do it on your own hosted website to whatever audience you can harness. A much reiterated point is freedom of speech is not equivalent to freedom from being prosecuted for what you say.
Secondly, can I point out the inappropriateness of protesting at the Olympic torch relay event when Olympic Games emphasis sportsmanship, and friendship across countries? It is not a forum for you to express your political stands. The foreign embassy is more appropriate.