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 …
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
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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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