White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act

[JimGinPA]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/21/facebook-white-nationalists-ban-vdare-red-ice?fbclid=IwAR1GfeBy_RMDYdALc_VoFXpvJluoVGnKVNd7wNKiecerfJHr-4oz5PIVbCE

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A Guardian analysis found longstanding Facebook pages for VDare, a white nationalist website focused on opposition to immigration; the Affirmative Right, a rebranding of Richard Spencer’s blog Alternative Right, which helped launch the “alt-right” movement; and American Free Press, a newsletter founded by the white supremacist Willis Carto, in addition to multiple pages associated with Red Ice TV. Also operating openly on the platform are two Holocaust denial organizations, the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust and the Institute for Historical Review.

“There’s no question that every single one of these groups is a whitenationalist group,” said Heidi Beirich, the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Intelligence Project, after reviewing the Guardian’s findings. “It’s not even up for debate. There’s really no excuse for not removing this material.”

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Facebook declined to take action against any of the pages identified by the Guardian. A company spokesperson said: “We are investigating to determine whether any of these groups violate our policies against organized hate. We regularly review organizations against our policy and any that violate will be banned permanently.”

The spokesperson also said that Facebook does not ban Holocaust denial, but does work to reduce the spread of such content by limiting the distribution of posts and preventing Holocaust-denying groups and pages from appearing in algorithmic recommendations. Such limitations are being applied to the two Holocaust denial groups identified by the Guardian, the spokesperson said.

Much more at link

[PSPS]

1. "The spokesperson also said that Facebook does not ban Holocaust denial"

Why would they? Lots of rubles (and, maybe soon, supposedly anonymous bitcoins) flowing into zuckerberg's pocket.

[Blue Owl]

2. Thanks, Fuckkkerberg

n/t

[Karadeniz]

3. Guess being rich has corrupted his values.

[NCLefty]

4. Correct. Here's an account that hosts the NZ shooter manifesto. I reported it every way I could.

Still it sits there...

It's in the photos of this account that has over 22,000 followers and growing. If you scroll down to the small white pages of the document labeled "The Great Replacement," that's what I'm talking about but there's gobs of other racist shit there.

https://www.facebook.com/TrumpMAGALisaLynn/photos?lst=100008275002913%3A100021973869486%3A1574493238

Feel free to report it yourself. Maybe it will help. I may have reported so many people that Facebook just trashes my reports now. I can't think of any other innocent reason for allowing the spread of this garbage.

[Cha]

5. Blood is on mark zuckerberg's hands.

[demmiblue]

6. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Greed is the god of facebook. You matter only as a feeder of that greed.