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Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

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Re: Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

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Post by duxup »

>It said they included Holocaust denial, and conspiracy theories with false claims about Jews "controlling" governments and banks, or orchestrating world events.

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>It said that those it tagged as Holocaust denial remained online 80% of the time, while for neo-Nazi content it was 71%.

I'm glad to see they were somewhat specific on the content. On the internet things get muddy and I've been on a forum that was tied to a specific location that was connected to an American politician. For a short while we were inundated with some new accounts there arriving to tell us how outraged they were about this antisemitic politician who as far as I could tell had just criticized Israeli government actions / policies.

It's unfortunate that my first thought was "What what are we talking about exactly here?"

Re: Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

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Post by duxup »

cultofmetatron wrote: post #9

I know this is probably going to cost me some downvotes on here but here goes... I've personally stopped listening or caring about this dog whistle after seeing it used constantly to squash any discussion of the Palestinian apartheid.

The article seemed to specify the type of posts they were talking about, I'm not sure those are the same you're thinking of.

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Post by liorben-david »

nailer wrote: post #3

Anti semitism is unique amongst other forms of racism in that there’s generally little or no action taken, even for blatant displays: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdbHft64/

Even more nuts is that Google didn't even fire him, they just moved him from the diversity department to a research role: https://www.businessinsider.com/kamau-bobb-google-diversity-...

Re: Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

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Post by duxup »

bpodgursky wrote: post #7

It's pretty... interesting, that the new expected norm is that all hateful / offensive posts are taken down on the internet. 10 years ago, this would be a very confusing headline to read.

I think we're just more mindful of moderation due to the size of sites now.

It has always existed.

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Post by MattGaiser »

cultofmetatron wrote: post #9

I know this is probably going to cost me some downvotes on here but here goes... I've personally stopped listening or caring about this dog whistle after seeing it used constantly to squash any discussion of the Palestinian apartheid.

The report seems to steer clear of anything regarding Palestine and Israel. It is solidly about traditional Jewish conspiracy theories.

https://252f2edd-1c8b-49f5-9bb2-cb57bb47e4ba.filesusr.com/ug...

Re: Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

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Post by D9t7r5wLZD9dYc »

twiclo wrote: post #8
D9t7r5wLZD9dYc wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hate speech doesn't exist, they made up the term to shut you up.

He's right

Comment was of course flagged. Because this website (like most of the internet), is controlled by the far left. Which seem to sympathize with censorship for whatever reason.

Re: Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

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Post by LightG »

bpodgursky wrote: post #7

It's pretty... interesting, that the new expected norm is that all hateful / offensive posts are taken down on the internet. 10 years ago, this would be a very confusing headline to read.

Adding "offensive" to your sentence is a bit disingenuous.
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