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Internal Documents Reveal Bizarre Facebook Rules for Censorship of ‘Hate Speech’
Copyright ©2016 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ^ | December 21, 2016 | By Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 12/21/2016 12:37:50 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

The documents show that Facebook actively tries to fight so-called hate speech on their platform, coining “protected categories” that help to define when the speech is hateful.

Attacks based on sex, religion, nationality, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability will be flagged as hate speech and deleted.

However, despite Facebook taking an active stance in combating hate speech, it allows some forms of hate speech....

The revelations ... also expose the dire conditions in which Facebook moderators work...600 people in Berlin are working for as little as the minimum wage. Some anonymously complained that they are inadequately prepared. Struggling to comprehend the ill-defined rules of moderation, they feel stressed and overloaded.

(Excerpt) Read more at heatst.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; fakenews

1 posted on 12/21/2016 12:37:50 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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The revelations by the newspaper also expose the dire conditions in which Facebook moderators work. According to the paper, 600 people in Berlin are working for as little as the minimum wage. Some anonymously complained that they are inadequately prepared. Struggling to comprehend the ill-defined rules of moderation, they feel stressed and overloaded.

It sounds to me like that Zuckerman fellow is guilty of multiple hate crimes...

;-)

2 posted on 12/21/2016 12:46:57 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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Screw Hatebook.


3 posted on 12/21/2016 12:47:27 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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This is why I dub it “FascistBook.”


4 posted on 12/21/2016 1:02:09 PM PST by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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SUPRISE, NO MENTION OF POLITICAL ORIENTATION!


5 posted on 12/21/2016 5:09:03 PM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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Stop using Facebook. I signed up recently to search for some people. Found a few who responded. Now the account will be closed shortly.


6 posted on 12/22/2016 9:48:47 AM PST by Terry Mross (This country will fail to exist inmy lifetime. And I'm gettin' up there in age.)
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