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Here's What You Need to Know About Facebook's Sneaky Campaign to Root Out What They Call - 'Extremism'
American Thinker ^ | 07/02/2021 | Tyler O'Neil

Posted on 07/02/2021 7:59:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Conservatives have long warned about Big Tech companies censoring speech that strays from the leftist narrative, but on Thursday, Facebook launched a more proactive — and terrifying — campaign against “extremism.” It seems the company is notching up its invasive surveillance to the “Orwellian” level.

“Are you concerned that someone you know is becoming an extremist?” one notification asks. “We care about preventing extremism on Facebook. Others in your situation have received confidential support.”

The notification includes an “i” for information icon featuring the message “How you can help: Hear stories and get advice from people who escaped violent extremist groups.”

Hey has anyone had this message pop up
on their FB? My friend (who is not an ideologue but hosts lots of competing chatter) got this message twice. He’s very disturbed. pic.twitter.com/LjCMjCvZtS

— Kira (@RealKiraDavis) July 1, 2021

The All-Out Assault on Conservative Thought Has Just Begun

Another notification warns users that they “may have been exposed to harmful extremist content.”

“[Name], you may have been exposed to harmful extremist content recently,” Facebook warns some users. “Violent groups try to manipulate your anger and disappointment. You can take action now to protect yourself and others.”

The “i” icon encourages users to “get support from experts. Spot the signs, understand the dangers of extremism and hear from people who escaped violent groups.”

What in the…? pic.twitter.com/HCkcshsDet

— Gregory T. Angelo (@gregorytangelo) July 1, 2021


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: censorship; extremism; facebook; socialmedia
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1 posted on 07/02/2021 7:59:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I will not be surprised if my brother (who called my husband, a Marine vet, a traitor in January) reports us to FB. I am not on FB, and my husband uses it very little, mainly so we can see what the kids and grandchildren put out on it.


2 posted on 07/02/2021 8:05:56 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: SeekAndFind

skidMark Zuckerberg is a thought burner.

https://patriots.win/p/12jJLAzCVl/boebert-is-hitting-on-all-cylind/c/


3 posted on 07/02/2021 8:08:55 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: NEMDF

1 just stop using Facebook
2 this is way opening them up to discrimination lawsuits.
3 report ilhan Omar to their team for extremist views.


4 posted on 07/02/2021 8:11:38 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: SeekAndFind

5 posted on 07/02/2021 8:16:28 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems innocuous enough on the face of it.


6 posted on 07/02/2021 8:16:31 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audit. No peace.)
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To: Skywise

Report all Leftists for extremist views.

Just about anyone with a blue check on Twitter would qualify, for example.


7 posted on 07/02/2021 8:17:44 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SeekAndFind

List pelosi, Biden, schiff, etc.


8 posted on 07/02/2021 8:17:49 AM PDT by Glennb51
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To: SeekAndFind

The audacity of Facebook to cite the Russian secret police, Nazis, and Iranian regimes in their examples of extremists.

I mean, fb is using secret police and Nazi tactics in their day to day operations.

Look in the dang mirror!


9 posted on 07/02/2021 8:23:59 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The greatest example of extremism on facebook is facebook itself.


10 posted on 07/02/2021 8:27:54 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: FreedomPoster

“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice...”


11 posted on 07/02/2021 8:46:46 AM PDT by 386wt
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To: SeekAndFind

This opens FB up to an amazing number of lawsuits. This may be an excellent avenue to destroy Zuckerweenie’s fascist empire.


12 posted on 07/02/2021 9:01:27 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Thousands of people need to post on FB & tell Zuckerberg to fuck his mama if he knows the name of the inbred syphilitic whore that bore him.


13 posted on 07/02/2021 9:09:19 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Thousands of people need to post on FB & tell Zuckerberg to fuck his mama if he knows the name of the inbred syphilitic whore that bore him.


14 posted on 07/02/2021 9:13:37 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: Nebr FAL owner

We all admire you literary skills and prose.


15 posted on 07/02/2021 9:33:37 AM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: Nebr FAL owner

Nebr FAL owner wrote:

“Thousands of people need to post on FB & tell Zuckerberg to **** his mama if he knows the name of the inbred syphilitic whore that bore him.”

Better to answer the FB pop-up with the names of AOC, Ilhan Omar, Nancy Pelosi, etc.


17 posted on 07/02/2021 9:58:15 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: PGalt

Anybody remember what we did to another bunch of atheist collectivists who subverted the institutions of a Democracy? Google Nuremberg.


18 posted on 07/02/2021 11:47:23 AM PDT by quikstrike98
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To: SeekAndFind

Hopefully more people like myself will just leave Facebook.


19 posted on 07/02/2021 11:54:45 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh boy..
This is gonna be fun..
I already report every ad as inappropriate, and every snowflake as sexually inappropriate...
Now I get to turn in libs as extremists...

Yeah baby..


20 posted on 07/02/2021 1:30:52 PM PDT by joe fonebone (bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN'Ts are the enemy)
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