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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 liorben-david »

hirundo wrote: post #42

I'm a Jew, a Zionist, and a knee-jerk supporter of Israel. That makes me the type of person many of these posts are hating on. But I don't think that they should be taken down. I would rather that the hatred of me and my tribe remain public and visible, so that we can see it and respond appropriately. Hiding it does not remove the sentiment or the danger. Words spoken against such hate, convincing people that it is n…

I'm with you, it's more just telling that these companies say they want to take down hateful speech, but anti-semetism always seems to be the exception. If I was setting their content policy I would allow it to, but something is off about claiming to be stop hatred but turning a blind eye to jews.

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

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Post by arkitaip »

sbilstein wrote: post #21
SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #10

I'm skeptical of this kind of analysis without concrete examples of the kind of content that wasn't removed. Even if you trust the researchers (I personally am not familiar with them), there are legitimate reasons why they might not categorize things the same way as social media platforms. e: Turns out that the researchers' full report actually does contain concrete examples, which seem to be legitimately bad and tak…

I've reported this page countless times that purports to be about 'jewish contributions to society' but is clear as day dog whistling. https://www.instagram.com/jewish.contributions/?hl=en

It's very well-made, which makes it even more scary.

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

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Post by jjoonathan »

duxup wrote: post #26
djohnston wrote: post #23

Does this include all the legitimate criticisms of Israel that people try to lazily deflect with accusations of antisemitism? Who is doing the counting?

The article doesn't mention anything like that and gives a good idea of the examples. Did anyone even read the article?

Why would I need TFA to mention it when I've seen with my own eyes three or four Netanyahu UN hissy fits? You know, the ones where someone curtails military aid and he stands up and compares it to the holocaust?

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

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Post by seattle_spring »

hobs wrote: post #30
Miner49er wrote: post #20

Are the George Soros ones actually anti-semitic? I'm sure some are, but it seems most are just anti George Soros.

Yes, the evolution of the GS conspiracies are just putting a name to the "Jews are running the world" conspiracies, giving him god like powers to manipulate and control.

Exactly this. It's a dogwhistle for extreme anti-semites, whether the people sharing it know it or not.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

hobs wrote: post #30
Miner49er wrote: post #20

Are the George Soros ones actually anti-semitic? I'm sure some are, but it seems most are just anti George Soros.

Yes, the evolution of the GS conspiracies are just putting a name to the "Jews are running the world" conspiracies, giving him god like powers to manipulate and control.

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

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Post by rvz »

liorben-david wrote: post #16
twiclo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's right

What was the flagged comment?

Allow me to revive the destroyed comment for the sake of the argument:

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

Sort of, it is difficult to draw the line somewhere because some people will disagree on the 'rules' and definition of what 'hate speech' is.

> 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.

I don't know about that one. But even when I present strong evidence to my claims, follow the guidelines, I still get downvoted without reason or any response as to why.

As for censorship, you know that there are some HNers here who would do anything to defend their companies name; even if it means flagging and downvoting you right?

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

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Post by cryptica »

Miner49er wrote: post #20

Are the George Soros ones actually anti-semitic? I'm sure some are, but it seems most are just anti George Soros.

I've witnessed this kind of mislabeling on many occasions. Once I was on a forum chatting about how the reserve banks are controlling everything and also distorting culture and then some random person told me I was "anti-semitic" but I hadn't mentioned Jewish people even once. Religion hadn't even occurred to me as being a factor in my discussion. I told the person that they're the ones who are anti-Semitic for inferring that there is a connection between reserve banking and Judaism.

I've witnessed this behavior in other places and on social media. I don't know what the goal is of this false labeling.

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

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Post by duxup »

jjoonathan wrote: post #54
duxup wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article doesn't mention anything like that and gives a good idea of the examples. Did anyone even read the article?

Why would I need TFA to mention it when I've seen with my own eyes three or four Netanyahu UN hissy fits? You know, the ones where someone curtails military aid and he stands up and compares it to the holocaust?

Are you asking why would you need to read the article that is up for discussion?

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

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Post by jjoonathan »

duxup wrote: post #59
jjoonathan wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would I need TFA to mention it when I've seen with my own eyes three or four Netanyahu UN hissy fits? You know, the ones where someone curtails military aid and he stands up and compares it to the holocaust?

Are you asking why would you need to read the article that is up for discussion?

Nope. Try reading my post.
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