Monika Bickert Quotes
Our job is to make sure that we are keeping people safe and free from abuse. That is extremely challenging given the size of our population and its global diversity. It is something we are very committed to and we are working hard every day to get it right and get better at it.... There are two primary difficulties with the job. People sometimes have different ideas about what is okay to share and what is not. But we have to have one set of standards to apply across the globe for the entire community. The second challenge is that we get a lot of reports. We want to be able to respond to those reports efficiently and consistently. For that reason, we have to craft our policies to be very objective. This is why the policies at times have to be more blunt than we would like them to be.
Facebook was the most aggressive of the Social Media Web companies at the time in censoring any that was abusive or threatening or material that glorified terrorism or terrorist organizations. The problem of course, was the First Amendment rights of the web users to publish and read what they choose. But private firms are not covered by the Bill of Rights—only the government. See {583142} for the message some authorities believed was being transmitted.
Monika Bickert, Facebook: Head of Policy Management, U. S. State Department: Legal Advisor, Federal Prosecutor, Interview with Nandagopal Rajan, The Financial Express, January 28, 2015
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ISIS and other terrorist organizations were using these platforms for propaganda, and recruiting. See {36908}, {36909}, and {36911} for the views of the companies who Carlin claimed were being exploited. See {583142} for the message Carlin believed that was being transmitted.
Facebook was the most aggressive of the Social Media Web companies at the time in censoring any material that glorified terrorism or terrorist organizations. The problem of course, was the First Amendment rights of the web users to publish and read what they choose. But private firms are not covered by the Bill of Rights—only the government. See {583142} for the message some authorities believed was being transmitted.
She was commenting on a suggestion that a Twitter User had made that any individual who felt he/she was being harassed by insulting Twitter messages, could have Twitter delete the offending content. Some of the Twitter campaigns against an individual has been gross, indecent, cruel and for the most part untrue. Hence the request. The person who perceived that he/she was being harassed was free to bring a lawsuit against the sender for defamation if the material is untrue and the person is not a Public Figure. The latter have no general right of redress in the courts.
In September of 2005 a Danish Newspaper published some political cartoons showing the hypocrisy of some Muslims who use Islam to justify murder of innocents and terrorism. Months later, in January of 2006 many in the Middle East protested vehemently and Muslim riots broke out because the Prophet Muhammad's visage was depicted against Islamic tradition. Many Muslim nations started a boycott against Denmark. Many Muslim leaders claimed that insulting religion was an “abuse” of freedom of speech including those from nations which regularly publish material that is virulent against Christians and Jews. Islamic country newspapers however, when it comes to what is perceived as material insulting to Islam, as typified by this editorial, feel that their religion should never be insulted despite the fact that Saudi Arabian media constantly insult Christianity and Judaism. Their justification of this gross double standard is that Islam is the “true” religion.
In September of 2005 a Danish Newspaper published some political cartoons showing the hypocrisy of some Muslims who use Islam to justify murder of innocents and terrorism. Months later, many in the Middle East protested vehemently and Muslim riots broke out because the Prophet Muhammad's visage was depicted against Islamic tradition. Many Muslim leaders claimed that insulting religion was an “abuse” of freedom of speech including those from nations which regularly publish material that is virulent against Christians and Jews.
Singapore has three main ethnic groups, Malays—the indigenous people—Chinese, and Indians. The latter two groups have been more successful intellectually and commercially however the Malays are the largest group. There has been a history of resentment and discrimination as there has been in Malaysia and Indonesia. However, Singapore—under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew—has minimized it and kept a lid on overt conflict and antagonism. However, he has restricted freedom of the press and freedom of speech to eliminate incendiary triggering incidents.
