Article: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/01/28/weeks-after-zuckerberg-vowed-for-free-speech-on-facebook-company-begins/
My personal thoughts:
After reading this article, I began thinking for the first time about the degree to which internet censorship is ethical. I realized that the way I might behave as the owner of an international website towards censorship in other countries is similar to the way I personally behave around those whose religious or moral values are different than mine. If I am spending time with an individual or group who morally disapproves of something that I do, I am generally willing to conform to their standards to be courteous. My website owner persona would reflect this by being willing to censor content for a country that finds such content offensive morally (like Facebook did for Turkey). On the other hand, I am unwilling to adjust my behavior for somebody else when that behavior conflicts with my own standards. For example, I will not see or stay in an inappropriate movie regardless of who might be offended. In the international website scenario, I would be wrong to censor my website for a country with bad ulterior motives simply to please that country. With respect to censoring Facebook in Turkey, the article says, "If [Facebook] does not comply, it could be blacked out in [Turkey]." My hypothetical website company's (probably unique) position would be to accept a black out. Standing strong against negative pressure is vital in every realm of life, and that includes the realm of censorship and international technology.
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