On Monday, it was reported that a Turkish court ordered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg to remove photos of the prophet Mohammad. If he refused to comply, Turkey threatened to remove access to Facebook altogether.
So, of course, Zuckerburg rolled over in compliance with Turkey's decision. This is the same Mark Zuckerburg who so readily announced, not even a month ago, "je suis Charlie" in an act of free-speech defense.
We almost let North Korea keep us from releasing The Interview.
We almost let extremists tell us what we were allowed to write in newspapers.
Now we're going to let a Turkish court tell us what we're allow to view on Facebook?
The idea that anyone should be able to get offended, and by association, remove content from the internet or the eyes of the public as a result, is utter insanity. It goes directly against the ideals of free speech and free press.
Zuckerburg's hypocrisy is one more factor in the forming of a dangerous precedent working against a free-speech-society.
That's all I have to say today, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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