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Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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Re: Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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Post by lsiebert »

bitlax wrote: post #5

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?

all 50 states prohibit private militia groups. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/30/907720068/are-citizen-militia...

"...But one thing is consistent - all 50 states have some provision in their state law, whether it's their state constitution or their state statutes, that prohibits private militia, private paramilitary activity. And that's also the case in Wisconsin. In addition, many states, including Wisconsin, prohibit private individuals, untrained, unaccountable to civilian authority from taking on official functions - functions of an official public officer like a police officer without any authority."

Re: Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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Post by yesbabyyes »

Arrath wrote: post #49
silverpepsi wrote: post #7

Now imagine that accompanying all your new Facebook posts with a clearly positive sentiment, you randomly throw in one name from the list. Could be very interesting

Next up, set up a site to include a randomly selected word from NSA's Prism trigger list within the pages.

When I was in high school (early-mid 90s) we would use a list of ECHELON keywords as our email signatures.

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

Arrath wrote: post #49
silverpepsi wrote: post #7

Now imagine that accompanying all your new Facebook posts with a clearly positive sentiment, you randomly throw in one name from the list. Could be very interesting

Next up, set up a site to include a randomly selected word from NSA's Prism trigger list within the pages.

Might as well throw the Eurion into all your pictures while you're at it just to cause shenanigans with the parts of their stack that support that DRM.

Re: Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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Post by petre »

gorwell wrote: post #37
jdhn wrote: post #4

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?

Long dead Hitler and Goebbels are included too, but why stop there? Where's Joseph Stalin and Vlad the Impaler. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21083819/pages/facebo...

Vlad the Impaler might have been overdoing things, but he did stuff that pretty much standard practice during the Middle Ages. Stalin on the other hand should totally be on that list.

Re: Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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Post by thriftwy »

korethr wrote: post #3

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…

This list is a close reminder of another famous list (of musical bands banned in the USSR)

https://s.fishki.net/upload/users/2020/02/17/907382/b7325f11...

The given reasons are exactly the same: violence, hate, religious extremism. Facebook is the new Soviet State of Workers and Peasants.

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Post by barbacoa »

gorwell wrote: post #37
jdhn wrote: post #4

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?

Long dead Hitler and Goebbels are included too, but why stop there? Where's Joseph Stalin and Vlad the Impaler. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21083819/pages/facebo...

And don't get me started on the Romans.

After the Romans captured Carthage they murdered 450,000 of its inhabitants.

This makes Caesar's Place in Las Vegas very culturally problematic.

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Post by h2odragon »

Miner49er wrote: post #19
enjoyyourlife wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There's only so many dirty underclothes people can be expected to sort through before they snap.

"Who did you think wanted half a jar of olives?!?"

Re: Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)

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Post by petre »

janandonly wrote: post #28

hm... Half of the Organizations in the "Hate: category seem to be based in Germany. Almost all of the Organizations in the "Terror" category seem to be Islamic. In the category "Crime" Brazil is overly represented. There seem to be a shocking amount of "Armed Militia Groups". I was surprised to find that "A.K. Chesterton" is affiliated with the "British Union of Fascists" ?? Is that correct? I seemed to be confusing…

> Almost all of the Organizations in the "Terror" category seem to be Islamic.

Would you rather they put Navalny on the terror list? He was recently classified as a "terrorist" by the Russian prison authority. The list pretty much reflects US views, so I'm not that surprised.

https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-prison-changed-naval...

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