I see a lot of anti-facebook sentiment here as if they are some sort of evil censor that prevents people from communicating.
On the contrary, all facebook does is connect people.
What we're seeing here is the result of rising political influence on social media. Every major website is being abused by governments because that's how you get your 'message' (i.e. propoganda) across. Like the major sites of yesterday figuring out how to deal with astroturfing, the major sites of today are figuring it out too. The real problem is that there is no solution yet. For all we know, facebook is correctly dealing with this and this post and article are propoganda.
If a communication mechanism is unavailable during anything major, the logical thing to do is to use a fallback method of communication. If facebook won't let you post video, upload it somewhere else and post a link. How hard is that to figure out?
The INTERNET is an INTERCONNECTED NETWORK of computers. There are free services all over the place. If you can't use one, use a different one. That's how this works.
On the contrary, all facebook does is connect people.
What we're seeing here is the result of rising political influence on social media. Every major website is being abused by governments because that's how you get your 'message' (i.e. propoganda) across. Like the major sites of yesterday figuring out how to deal with astroturfing, the major sites of today are figuring it out too. The real problem is that there is no solution yet. For all we know, facebook is correctly dealing with this and this post and article are propoganda.
If a communication mechanism is unavailable during anything major, the logical thing to do is to use a fallback method of communication. If facebook won't let you post video, upload it somewhere else and post a link. How hard is that to figure out?
The INTERNET is an INTERCONNECTED NETWORK of computers. There are free services all over the place. If you can't use one, use a different one. That's how this works.