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Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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They have Ted Kaczynski on that list despite the fact that he's in prison for the rest of his life, and that he wouldn't use Facebook even if he was out. Is his presence on this list an indicator that Facebook is paying more attention to users/groups that talk about him a lot or share his ideals?

Maybe the latter. They have people on the list who have been dead for 76 years.

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Blue Airways — a Romanian budget airline is on the list as a “Terror” organization. I guess their service isn’t very good.

Or its the Turkish terror affiliated group: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0395

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Huh. There's a lot bands in the "Hate" section. Looking up the various names I'm finding various death metal and black metal bands. I can't help but wonder how many of those bands on are on that list because someone at Facebook took heavy metal imagery and lyrical themes too seriously and literally. More Edit: Turns out I picked a bad example. I missed reference to a name collision with an actual National Socialist b…

It’s not that. They’re pretty clearly white supremacist / neonazi metal bands, and that’s definitely a thing.

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So what's the deal with the militia groups? Are these groups listed particularly heinous groups or is this an editorial decision by Facebook, that they don't want militia groups to organize using their platform?

most militia groups are very boogaloo boysish. Which tend to be far-right anti-government extremists.

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Huh. There's a lot bands in the "Hate" section. Looking up the various names I'm finding various death metal and black metal bands. I can't help but wonder how many of those bands on are on that list because someone at Facebook took heavy metal imagery and lyrical themes too seriously and literally. More Edit: Turns out I picked a bad example. I missed reference to a name collision with an actual National Socialist b…

It’s not that. They’re pretty clearly white supremacist / neonazi metal bands, and that’s definitely a thing.

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Goodwill Charitable Organization is listed under terror. I wonder why that is.

It's a Lebanese terrorist organization See https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/h...

Ah, I was getting it mixed up with the thrift store.
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