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Then maybe they shouldn't allow everyone to create these groups on their platform.

If I run a music venue, and every weekend I sell out 1,000 seats... BUT every weekend 1 person shoots another person... they're not going to let me keep having concerts. I can't throw my hands up and say "well there are just too many people at this event, I can't check them all for guns"

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That's a horrible comparison. Creating a political discussion group isn't a violent crime.

Running a music venue isn't a violent crime either, but if I'm failing to moderate and protect the space my business and its customers operate in... I won't have a business for long.

My point is that their excuse of "there's too much volume for us to manage" is complete bologna. Any physical business with a similar issue would be forced to reduce volume to a rate that's manageable. If Facebook can't moderate their content effectively, then they need to either scale their moderation or reduce their content. I'm tired of this "well, it's a hard problem what are you going to do" nonsense.

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