On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:23:56AM -0400, grarpamp wrote: > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nexpbx/facebook-bans-white-nationalism-and-white-separatism > > Facebook will begin banning posts, photos and other content that > reference white nationalism and white separatism, revising its rules > in response to criticism that a loophole had allowed racism to thrive > on its platform. Previously, Facebook only had prohibited users from > sharing messages that glorified white supremacy -- a rhetorical > discrepancy, in the eyes of > ((("civil rights" "advocates"))),
TFTFY... <Ministry alert/> > who argued that > white nationalism, supremacy and separatism are indistinguishable and > that the policy undermined the tech giant's stepped-up efforts to > combat hate speech online. Facebook now agrees with that analysis, > according to people who've been briefed on the decision. The new > policy also applies to Instagram. The rise and spread of white > nationalism on Facebook were thrown into sharp relief in the wake of > the deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, when > self-avowed white nationalists used the social networking site as an > organizing tool. > > > "Facebook is now fighting the Belgian court's decision to stop > tracking Belgian internet users and delete the data it's already > gathered on them, or face fines of about $280,000 a day." > > > Your group is next to be silenced.
