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Facebook Gets Involved in Mideast Drama

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

There has been an ongoing debate about whether or not Palestine should be considered a network on Facebook. Just last week at South by Southwest, one audience member questioned Mark Zuckerberg about the lack of a Palestinian network. He replied that Facebook acknowledges territories based on wha ... Continue reading »

5 comments

  • Charlie

    1 year ago

    Letting people associate with the network they consider themselves to be a part of seems like the best approach...
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  • jptrenn

    1 year ago

    I'm left wondering how Facebook can avoid these international debates. Social networks transcend borders. Their very nature is much too large to avoid these things.

    This is a new type of problem, one that they have to face. It can't be avoided.

    For me, I say let people choose between Palestine and Israel. If you limit people to one choice, you're shutting out a whole group of people and their identity.
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  • Jad

    1 year ago

    I don't understand what the big deal here is.
    The way I see it, you're the one starting to dabble with politics with this blog post.
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  • Nick O'Neill

    1 year ago

    @Jad, I'm simply covering the story. I've touched on politics previously and its relation to Facebook.
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  • Ruslan Abuzant

    1 year ago

    Hello,

    Well, my 2 cents. Google has it on its country list, Paypal has it, BBC has it, even some Israeli websites have some delivery option to Palestinian territories.. I believe it must be there, that's away from me being a Palestinian myself in this situation.

    I agree with Charlie, the 1st commenter mentioning that any user, despite where he/she os from; have the right to be attached to any network he/she feels being a part of. Even if that involves a new group of 'Lunatics' to ask for some 'Moon' network to be created for them.

    Anyway, Its not me making the decision, wisdom Facebook, wisdom.
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