There was also a historical re-enactment page removed in December because they had militia in their title [1]
Looks to just be an over-eager moderation engine.
Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
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Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#12I assume this is a mistake, although I think they're mad I don't think the SWP are malicious a la some political sects
Yes, it seems unlikely this is deliberate. The SWP is about as likely to forment a revolution or incite violence as Judi Dench. They're a bunch of harmless eccentrics.
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#13I assume this is a mistake, although I think they're mad I don't think the SWP are malicious a la some political sects
Facebook is a private platform: they're free to block any content they want, malicious or not.
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#14Well, Facebook is run by the far right, like Peter Thiel so no wonder.
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that would be fine as an initial reason. Having had that back in Dec, you'd think they would put SWP on a safe list? Who knows, I guess. And that's the problem, not so much the taking down as the taking down with zero reason or discussion...
This is how the right has been feeling for a while. This is nothing new behaviour-wise for Facebook, the only difference is this gets more favourable media attention.
Please, don't draw a false equivalency between a major political party that does not play host to violent rhetoric, on the one hand, and groups that where plans (very real, actionable, and actioned-on plans!) to subvert the government are incubated, on the other.
Put another way--let's not turn sedition into another us-vs-them political game. That's how democracy ends.
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that would be fine as an initial reason. Having had that back in Dec, you'd think they would put SWP on a safe list? Who knows, I guess. And that's the problem, not so much the taking down as the taking down with zero reason or discussion...
This is how the right has been feeling for a while. This is nothing new behaviour-wise for Facebook, the only difference is this gets more favourable media attention.
> this gets more favourable media attention.
The "favourable media attention" you are talking about is here the Socialist Workers' Party reporting about itself on its own website.
I'd wager the BBC will not cover this at all, in contrast to acres of free promotion for Parler etc.
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#17Facebook did this back in December too before admitting a "mistake" and reversing it. Get it together please FB. I tried to see what the SWP comments on covid were. They seem pretty mainstream (not covid denialism). Ironically their "demands" from December are now government policy... https://swp.org.uk/schools-are-not-safe/ I'm not sure where I stand on Facebook's (etc) right to remove legal content, but I would lik…
Any time I see one of these "mistakes" I read it as "content got flooded with reports and our automated system took it down"
> "content got flooded with reports and our automated system took it down"
I assume this plays a role. I really like facebook meme groups, but every single one inevitably gets "zucced" because of overzealous reports by people who genuinely don't get the problem. They even moderate themselves now to avoid reports.
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#18I assume this is a mistake, although I think they're mad I don't think the SWP are malicious a la some political sects
Might want to read up on Comrade Delta.
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#19I assume this is a mistake, although I think they're mad I don't think the SWP are malicious a la some political sects
Facebook is a private platform: they're free to block any content they want, malicious or not.
They are also mainly motivated by money, which allows us to make at least educated guesses as to what happened in matters like these
Re: Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
#20Well, Facebook is run by the far right, like Peter Thiel so no wonder.
Facebook is absolutely dominated by the far-right, which is why left-wing groups, pages, and users are being censored en-masse. /s