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Facebook does not just host content.

I would agree with you that Facebook should not be an arbiter of truthful news or stop hate.

But they are indeed an arbiter. They continue to push content to users to keep them consuming their product. They promote content that makes people engaged and that usually means content that makes people angry.

If they stop inserting posts from sources users don't follow and not rank stories from friends, I would agree with you.



They also host advertising. I wonder how much advertisers would be willing to pay for suicide risk flags.




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