Posted on 03/27/2019 11:04:11 AM PDT by Skywise
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 had prohibited users from sharing messages that glorified white supremacy — a rhetorical discrepancy in the eyes of civil rights advocates 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 in 2017, when self-avowed white nationalists used the social networking site as an organizing tool.
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Facebook will now use this to block and ban all pro-Trump posts.
BLM, aunt-teefuh are A-OTAY!
But Louis Farrakhan’s Black Nationalism is OK?
Because this isn’t about “hate speech” but controlled speech - they want conservatives and republicans silenced and unable to organize on the internet. Apple, Facebook, google and banks are all colliding on this.
What about black-nationalist posts? What about La Raza posts? What about Islamic supremacy posts? Will they all be banned too?
Just askin’ for a friend.
Will they block posts against those same entities?
Any decision on the black-nationalist, black-separatist posts yet morons?
Facebook says it wished to end as a business and once the civil war starts, for its employees to be hunted like animals.
Which means any user who is white can be “fit” into this category. This could be deemed as outright racial discrimination.
a rhetorical discrepancy in the eyes of civil rights advocates 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.
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Is a white person who is a U.S. nationalist a “White Nationalist”? I’d really like to know, because if that falls under their ban, then they have really gone too far.
Since these liberals falsely claim that “MAGA” is racist- then I expect the term to be banned from facebook.
You think they care about that nuance?
They think Clarence Thomas is an Uncle Tom - that’s all you need to know.
I dumped this POS long ago!!!
It’s OK to be white.
Obviously this will apply to all races equally, I mean this is America, people will take you to court and win.
Facebook should just go ahead abandon all pretense and block all non-woke white people.
Except on Facebook
The issue of sovereignty should not be allowed to get twisted into being propagandized as “White Nationalism”. Use of that term is usually directed when the immigration issue is brought up to devalue of the protections an American citizen have by being one. When allowing the hoards illegally entering the US through the Mexican border avoid enforcing the reciprocal 2nd class treatment that American citizens get while legally residing in Mexico which of course also includes denial of voting privileges..
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