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Facebook will also begin directing users who try to post content associated w/ those ideologies to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups. Does this mean @TuckerCarlson's page will be taken down?
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After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy, and will direct users who try to post that content to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups.https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nexpbx/facebook-bans-white-nationalism-and-white-separatism?utm_campaign=sharebutton …
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“We’ve had conversations with more than 20 members of civil society/ academics/civil rights orgs/experts in race relations... we decided that the overlap btwn white nationalism, separatism, & supremacy is so extensive we really can’t make a meaningful distinction between them."
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"And that’s because the language and the rhetoric that is used and the ideology that it represents overlaps to a degree that it is not a meaningful distinction.” - Brian Fishman, policy director of counterterrorism at Facebook
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Facebook will now ban content that includes explicit praise, support, or representation of white nationalism or separatism. Phrases such as “I am a proud white nationalist” & “Immigration is tearing this country apart; white separatism is the only answer” will now be banned...
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Implicit & coded white nationalism & white separatism will not be banned immediately, in part b/c the company said it’s harder to detect and remove...COO Sheryl Sandberg was involved in the formulation of the new policy, though roughly three dozen Facebook employees worked on it.
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...users who search for or try to post white nationalism, white separatism, or white supremacist content will begin getting a popup...to the website for
@lifeafterhate, a nonprofit founded by ex-white supremacists that is dedicated to getting people to leave hate groups.Show this thread -
Facebook will continue using some of the same tactics it uses to surface and remove content associated w/ ISIS, Al Qaeda, & other terrorist groups to remove white nationalist, separatist, & supremacist content.
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...This includes content matching, which algorithmically detects & deletes images that have been previously identified to contain hate material, & will include machine learning & artificial intelligence...
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...nationalism is a front for white supremacy, according to/Black history scholars/civil rights attorneys/multiple other experts on far-right ideologies. “What they’ve done is allowed white supremacists to rebrand themselves,” said Heidi Beirich of
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Not sure what this means for white nationalists like
@realDonaldTrump,@JackPosobiec,@SebGorka, etc. I guess we'll find out after the changes are implemented next week.
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