Peta has bought enough Facebook shares to now control content!

ardinn · 03-07-2019 01:16AM #1

So PETA has become a shareholder in Facebook and already has a list of acceptable and unacceptable content in place that are being rolled out across the platform.

They currently are in action mode to outright ban Greyhound racing, Horse racing and angling completely.

Being an avid angler, I have big problems with this.

A private company, facebook can do what it likes but the influence an organization can have on the worlds biggest platform should be addressed.

Here is one list of stuff they are banning

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Should we be ok with our content being monitored and influenced?

https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/facebook-has-a-new-shareholder-peta/

gozunda · 03-07-2019 01:23AM

Do have a link about the Peta share buy?

Interstingly this is Peta - they like abducting and killing peoples pets in the US as they believe pet ownership is akin to abuse....

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/killing-animals-petas-open-secret_b_59e78243e4b0e60c4aa36711

Efit: From the link ...

PETA’s motto reads, “Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.” The group opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview.

But it seems ok if they chose to abduct and kill them. Strange bunch tbh.

If I had a FB page I'd delete it with that lot buying in tbh ....

ardinn · 03-07-2019 01:26AM

gozunda wrote: »

Do have a link about the Peta share buy?

Edited with link

kneemos · 03-07-2019 01:27AM

Doubt very much they bought enough to dictate policy.
All I see is Facebook censoring their cruelty videos.

gozunda · 03-07-2019 01:29AM

kneemos wrote: »

Doubt very much they bought enough to dictate policy.
All I see is Facebook censoring their cruelty videos.

Looks like they may have bought in to oppose that policy tbh ..

The move comes after the social media platform upped its use of warning screens on PETA videos showing real-life incidents of routine cruelty to animals, significantly limiting the group’s ability to expose animal suffering to a wide audience.

“People deserve to see what animals endure & etc ...

ohnonotgmail · 03-07-2019 08:50AM

ardinn wrote: »

So PETA has become a shareholder in Facebook and already has a list of acceptable and unacceptable content in place that are being rolled out across the platform.

They currently are in action mode to outright ban Greyhound racing, Horse racing and angling completely.

Being an avid angler, I have big problems with this.

A private company, facebook can do what it likes but the influence an organization can have on the worlds biggest platform should be addressed.

Here is one list of stuff they are banning

Should we be ok with our content being monitored and influenced?

https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/facebook-has-a-new-shareholder-peta/

Did you even read the article you linked to?

Today, PETA purchased shares in Facebook, enabling the group to submit a shareholder resolution, attend the company’s annual meetings, and ask questions of executives there.

They are in no position to control content or ban anything. Your thread is just clickbait nonsense.

Balanadan · 03-07-2019 08:58AM

Who's Peter?

airmax87 · 03-07-2019 09:04AM

who gives a rats

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 03-07-2019 09:05AM

If they could just change the bloody rule about banning female nipples, I could live with them.

Gimme A Pound · 03-07-2019 09:19AM

There's already a thread pretending PETA have taken over Facebook.

suicide_circus · 03-07-2019 09:21AM

do peta members use any medications? because about 99% of pharmaceuticals are tested on animals

mad muffin · 03-07-2019 09:52AM

Balanadan wrote: »

Who's Peter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTSu2H5qRI

murpho999 · 03-07-2019 09:59AM

Facebook has a market cap of US$556bn.

Are you saying that PETA have bought over half of this in order to control Facebook, who are not a private company by the way.

Facebook are not promoting illegal animal trade and I don't see the problem with it. Nothing to do with PETA

Force Carrier · 03-07-2019 10:00AM

Peta members must have been doing an awful lot of sponsored walks and cake sales in the last number of years.

03-07-2019 10:02AM

The link says they have bought enough shares to propose motions at the annual general meeting.
That's a bit different to them controlling content.

ohnonotgmail · 03-07-2019 10:05AM

Deleted User wrote: »

The link says they have bought enough shares to propose motions at the annual general meeting.
That's a bit different to them controlling content.

Finally somebody else who actually read the article linked to before posting.

murpho999 · 03-07-2019 10:12AM

Deleted User wrote: »

The link says they have bought enough shares to propose motions at the annual general meeting.
That's a bit different to them controlling content.

But any shareholder can do that.

It doesn't mean it will be passed.

ohnonotgmail · 03-07-2019 10:15AM

murpho999 wrote: »

But any shareholder can do that.

It doesn't mean it will be passed.

thats is the point. the thread is clickbait ****e.

kneemos · 03-07-2019 10:16AM

How much of their donators hard earned cash did they spend on this folly?

Boom_Bap · 03-07-2019 10:17AM

They must be selling mink coats on the side to get that type of money together

ohnonotgmail · 03-07-2019 10:20AM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

They must be selling mink coats on the side to get that type of money together

Why are people thinking they have bought lots of shares. I could shares in FB using just the notes in my pocket.

Boggles · 03-07-2019 10:22AM

ardinn wrote: »

Being an avid angler, I have big problems with this.

Calm down and fish!

Auguste Comte · 03-07-2019 10:27AM

ardinn wrote: »

Should we be ok with our content being monitored and influenced?

I've a suggestion, leave Facebook.

branie2 · 03-07-2019 10:42AM

They can be very extreme at times

Zaph · 03-07-2019 11:16AM

airmax87 wrote: »

who gives a rats

I hope that no rats were harmed in the making of this post?

The Tetrarch · 03-07-2019 11:39AM

Ban greyhound racing, then no need for greyhounds, and all greyhounds will be killed. The breed will be extinct.
Ban horse racing, then no need for racehorses, people will not pay 10k+ yearly to keep each horse, all racehorses will be killed. Thoroughbreds will be extinct.

PETA's solutions are not in the interests of the animals.

But on the PETA website
"Enter PETA's UK and Ireland's hottest Vegan over 50 Competition 2019".
Good to see PETA are doing something constructive. :rolleyes:

03-07-2019 11:44AM

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Ban greyhound racing, then no need for greyhounds, and all greyhounds will be killed. The breed will be extinct.
Ban horse racing, then no need for racehorses, people will not pay 10k+ yearly to keep each horse, all racehorses will be killed. Thoroughbreds will be extinct.

PETA's solutions are not in the interests of the animals.

But on the PETA website
"Enter PETA's UK and Ireland's hottest Vegan over 50 Competition 2019".
Good to see PETA are doing something constructive. :rolleyes:

Pretty stupid argument, and people will still keep them as pets

HeidiHeidi · 03-07-2019 11:51AM

riffmongous wrote: »

Pretty stupid argument, and people will still keep them as pets

Thought that wasn't allowed either?

(in PETA world)

kneemos · 03-07-2019 11:52AM

Racehorses are pretty valuable creatures,well looked after I thought.
The odd one breaks a leg on the hurdles,but the life of Riley.

randd1 · 03-07-2019 11:55AM

I just can't take PETA seriously.

Purely on the assumption that they're complete whackadoodles, based on the mad (but perfectly believable) theory that most of the members are about one more mental breakdown away from petitioning the Government to legalise bestiality so they can marry their respective animal lover.

I'm convinced that PETA is like a fraternity, but instead of hazing, you have to have sex with an animal to gain entry.

I like pizza, but being sane I'm neither going to jizz on one and then marry it. Could you honestly say the same about a PETA member with an animal? I couldn't.

And that's why no-one should take them seriously.

That and they're mostly wannabe's looking for attention while rebelling against mammy and daddy before mammy and daddy cut off the money and they're forced to get a job in the real world because the animals they care so much for unfortunately don't have money.

The Tetrarch · 03-07-2019 12:11PM

riffmongous wrote: »

Pretty stupid argument, and people will still keep them as pets

Perhaps you would enlighten us on why my post is "stupid".
Actually I was a little surprised that a moderator would call a poster stupid.

If there is a large demand for greyhounds as pets thousands would not be culled every year. They would be sold as pets.

Occasionally when walking my dogs I see a greyhound.
I have never stopped to speak to them as often their dog is aggressive and muzzled.

You could speak to people walking greyhounds and ask them
(1) is the dog in training
(2) if not in training, was the dog in training.
I will be very surprised if the person walking the greyhound says the animal was not bred for racing, but was bred to be a pet.
People might keep them as pets, but they are probably rescue dogs.

Peta has bought enough Facebook shares to now control content!

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