r/neoliberal Anne Applebaum Aug 11 '24

Richard Dawkins lied about the Algerian boxer, then lied about Facebook censoring him Opinion article (non-US)

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-lied-about-the-algerian
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u/butWeWereOnBreak Aug 11 '24

To be fair to Dawkins, the Facebook representative said that they had to shut down his page temporarily because it had gotten hacked but apparently didn’t notify the owner of the page (i.e. Dawkins). I can understand why Dawkins reached the conclusion he did given that he received no other explanation from Facebook.

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u/FasterDoudle Jorge Luis Borges Aug 11 '24

To be fair to Dawkins, Facebook didn't realize he was still alive

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u/HorsieJuice Aug 12 '24

Reading this headline, my first reaction was that I thought he was dead.

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u/ElGosso Adam Smith Aug 12 '24

Me too, I think Hitchens is who I was thinking of