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> Given that the ADL already has outsized censorship abilities on Google and Twitter amongst other platforms Can you explain this? I dont know what censorship

> Given that the ADL already has outsized censorship abilities on Google and Twitter amongst other platforms Can you explain this? I dont know what censorship ability the ADL has on Google and Twitter?

core-questions 7y ago
Then you're not paying attention. The ADL and the SPLC, though the latter is suffering some issues presently, are basically the key arbiters of what is classified as "hate speech" today. FAANG will not go to bat for the free speech rights of anyone the ADL has classified as verboten, because going up against anything the ADL does or says is anti-Semitic.
- t-writescode 7y ago
  Please no name-calling. I knew about the SBLC but did not know about the ADL. If they’re similar, this is interesting information. May I refer you to this comic? https://www.xkcd.com/1053/ https://www.xkcd.com/1053/
  - core-questions 7y ago
    I'm glad to have made you aware. They wield considerable clout.
- sharkmerry 7y ago
  Except that he pointed out in this, that tech's arent removing some white supremacy stuff because it would remove politicians when ADL wants them to.
creaghpatr 7y ago
https://www.cnet.com/news/adl-anti-defamation-league-facebook-twitter-google-hate-speech/ https://www.cnet.com/news/adl-anti-defamation-league-faceboo... >Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft, among others, are joining with the ADL to form a Cyberhate Problem-Solving Lab, the companies and the civil rights group said Tuesday. They'll exchange ideas and develop strategies to try to curb hate speech and abuse on the companies' various platforms and across the internet. >"These companies have an added responsibility to do everything within their power to stop hate from flourishing on their watch," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. "We look forward to tackling this pressing challenge together."
- Steltek 7y ago
  That article does not describe any censorship abilities being granted to the ADL. It merely says that they're looking for solutions without stating what those solutions would be.

core-questions 7y ago

Then you're not paying attention. The ADL and the SPLC, though the latter is suffering some issues presently, are basically the key arbiters of what is classified as "hate speech" today. FAANG will not go to bat for the free speech rights of anyone the ADL has classified as verboten, because going up against anything the ADL does or says is anti-Semitic.

t-writescode 7y ago
Please no name-calling. I knew about the SBLC but did not know about the ADL. If they’re similar, this is interesting information. May I refer you to this comic? https://www.xkcd.com/1053/ https://www.xkcd.com/1053/
- core-questions 7y ago
  I'm glad to have made you aware. They wield considerable clout.
sharkmerry 7y ago
Except that he pointed out in this, that tech's arent removing some white supremacy stuff because it would remove politicians when ADL wants them to.

creaghpatr 7y ago

https://www.cnet.com/news/adl-anti-defamation-league-facebook-twitter-google-hate-speech/ https://www.cnet.com/news/adl-anti-defamation-league-faceboo... >Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft, among others, are joining with the ADL to form a Cyberhate Problem-Solving Lab, the companies and the civil rights group said Tuesday. They'll exchange ideas and develop strategies to try to curb hate speech and abuse on the companies' various platforms and across the internet. >"These companies have an added responsibility to do everything within their power to stop hate from flourishing on their watch," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. "We look forward to tackling this pressing challenge together."

Steltek 7y ago
That article does not describe any censorship abilities being granted to the ADL. It merely says that they're looking for solutions without stating what those solutions would be.