I find it highly amusing that they wrote this like they were judges issuing a legal opinion. The board has some fabulous lawyers, so I get it, but at bottom it& #39;s just a for-profit company making a product decision. https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/FB-691QAMHJ">https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/...

Some are suggesting that Facebook is actually pretty government-like given its impact, so I will stop tweeting before the Facebook Police arrest me and send me to Facebook Jail. #Resistance

Seriously, though, I get that FB& #39;s business model is pushing them to seem more government-like: You sell your ads at a higher rate if you have more people on FB, and less real govt regulation, b/c people see it as fair. Just amusing b/c the point, in the end, is selling ads.

And that& #39;s not a criticism: FB is a for-profit business with shareholders, and it should be trying to make as much money as it legally can. They make a bundle, and good for them. Just funny that the business strategy here involves sounding like a government, which it isn& #39;t.

I& #39;m vaguely reminded of this short article I wrote a while back on "Criminal Law in Virtual Worlds," basically saying, "c& #39;mon, folks, they& #39;re just video games." https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1432&context=uclf">https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewc...