On: Is Facebook Ready to Be the World’s Live News Network?

[tedunangst]

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#Germany

> In July 2011, authorities in Germany began to discuss the prohibition of events organized on Facebook.

Wait, your evidence that Facebook engages in censorship includes the fact that the authorities discussed it?

[herbst → tedunangst]

Agreed its written a little distanced on wikipedia. I cant really find english media reporting about it tho.

http://www.neopresse.com/politik/dach/bertelsmann-facebook-h...

Maybe this one, but they make it sound rather reasonable

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-springs-...

Still facebook is not required to do this, they complied to censor after will of a private(?) germany agency.