1/ How stochastic terrorism works, and how Twitter is helping: 1.) Leaders push a message to as many people as possible, demonizing a minority, usually Muslims or Jews. 2.) One of their followers receives the message and attacks a synagogue or mosque.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-white-nationalist-problem_n_5cec4d28e4b00e036573311d …
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4/ In fact, now
@jack and@vijaya are saying that "counter-speech and conversation are a force for good, and they can act as a basis for de-radicalization, and we've seen that happen on other platforms, anecdotally."https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ywy5nx/twitter-researching-white-supremacism-nationalism-ban-deplatform …Show this thread -
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@jack and@vijaya want to keep the Nazis on Twitter. The academics that Vice interviewed,@beccalew and@GoAngelo, think this is a very bad idea.pic.twitter.com/1T6rL77uz3
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6/ Because if you give the far-right *any* platform, they will use it spread violence. Christopher Cantwell used Gab to openly call for the murder of leftwing activists.https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1107445288795557889 …
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7/ The members of Cantwell's
@telegram chat openly admit they don't even believe their own conspiracy theories-- they just want them to inspire the murder of Jews.https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1122541832565608451 …
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@TwitterSupport,@jack,@vijaya-- keeping Nazis on this platform is going to lead to *more* radicalization, not less. And historically, that's always led to violence. You can stop this, though. All you have to do is ban the Nazis.Show this thread
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