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Facebook Amps Up Its Crackdown on QAnon

3 points by throwawaysea 6y ago

throwawaysea 6y ago
I don’t care for QAnon one bit, but what surprised me here is that Facebook has labeled QAnon a “militarized social movement” (https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-organizations-tied-to-violence/ https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-o...), which seems like a vague and overly broad label. FB has banned accounts even if there is no violent content, simply due to affiliation with QAnon, per this new policy on militarized social movements. This seems like selective enforcement given that there are large numbers of groups used by protesters/rioters of various affiliations (BLM, antifa, police defunding groups, etc) that are still permitted to operate on Facebook-owned platforms despite issuing calls for (or support of) violence and criminal acts. The official Facebook blog post claims to have banned many antifa-related pages and groups, but numerous such pages remain, including prominent ones with clearly proven records of criminality. For example, the everyday march groups in Seattle (https://instagram.com/morningmarchseattle https://instagram.com/morningmarchseattle), which are BLM-affiliated, are still allowed to operate on the platform, even though they regularly hijack public infrastructure. This is despite their role in dangerous incidents like trapping drivers in a tunnel recently (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/742848253?t=00h35m36s https://www.twitch.tv/videos/742848253?t=00h35m36s) and terrorizing residents at their home by demanding they leave the neighborhood (https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-white-people-give-up-their-homes/ https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-...). I see far more concrete, actual violence from rioters/antifa/BLM-affiliated groups than with QAnon, which seems more like a distant joke. Shouldn’t Facebook revise their priorities accordingly?

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Facebook Amps Up Its Crackdown on QAnon

3 points by throwawaysea 6y ago

throwawaysea 6y ago
I don’t care for QAnon one bit, but what surprised me here is that Facebook has labeled QAnon a “militarized social movement” (https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-organizations-tied-to-violence/ https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-o...), which seems like a vague and overly broad label. FB has banned accounts even if there is no violent content, simply due to affiliation with QAnon, per this new policy on militarized social movements. This seems like selective enforcement given that there are large numbers of groups used by protesters/rioters of various affiliations (BLM, antifa, police defunding groups, etc) that are still permitted to operate on Facebook-owned platforms despite issuing calls for (or support of) violence and criminal acts. The official Facebook blog post claims to have banned many antifa-related pages and groups, but numerous such pages remain, including prominent ones with clearly proven records of criminality. For example, the everyday march groups in Seattle (https://instagram.com/morningmarchseattle https://instagram.com/morningmarchseattle), which are BLM-affiliated, are still allowed to operate on the platform, even though they regularly hijack public infrastructure. This is despite their role in dangerous incidents like trapping drivers in a tunnel recently (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/742848253?t=00h35m36s https://www.twitch.tv/videos/742848253?t=00h35m36s) and terrorizing residents at their home by demanding they leave the neighborhood (https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-white-people-give-up-their-homes/ https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-...). I see far more concrete, actual violence from rioters/antifa/BLM-affiliated groups than with QAnon, which seems more like a distant joke. Shouldn’t Facebook revise their priorities accordingly?