Free speech on Social Media today is becoming a major challenge to society. Large segments of the population are attracted to scandals, violence, and inappropriate materials, and the emergence of fake news is causing havoc and being used to influence our thoughts and decisions. The real problem emerges when companies like Facebook start to profit from this environment and do nothing to stop the spread of false information.
Facebook creates billions of dollars in profits each quarter and is being visited every day by more than two billion visitors. Some of them are attracted to this questionable content and the criticism is that Facebook is doing almost nothing to eliminate hate speech and fake news. In fact, they are being accused of using it to make money as restricting access would hit their bottom line.
Facebox is just a test of how people can keep up-to-date in a private environment, without any advertising, and without any scandals, fake news, or violence. We have included items on the Facebox site that might interest and encourage you to come back on a regular basis. It has become a great source of news from around the world, all in one place. If you are interested, please register at the Guestbox to get updates.
We believe over time more and more people will close their accounts at services such as Facebook and start their own private blogs, just like this one. We can foresee the creation of a network of private blogs where people will be able to connect and communicate meaningfully with each other and not be bombarded by Facebook nonsense. Several software companies are already working actively on this concept.
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The good news is,…
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It seems globally a nu…