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Important to note this is a "terror watchlist" run by a private entity, not a government. It's largely just used by social media to flag groups and account sha
by gmiller123456 4y ago
Important to note this is a "terror watchlist" run by a private entity, not a government. It's largely just used by social media to flag groups and account sharing copies of images flagged by them. If the allegations are true, still not a good thing, but "terror watchlist" makes it sound a lot worse than it is.
- tailspin2019 4y ago"watchlist" seems to be an altogether incorrect term for this in the first place. I guess they probably didn't want to use the term "blacklist" but I'm not sure what the correct term should now be. Watchlist evokes the meaning "this person is being watched by [authorities]" Edit: The BBC article (linked here in comments) did in fact use the term "blacklist". GIFCT calls it a "hash-sharing database". The use of "terror watchlist" by NY Post seems to be more clickbait rather than accuracy driven. (Not that this issue isn't pretty terrible).
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- upupandup 4y agoYour argument is akin to telling someone who was falsely reported to the bank, a private entity, which is then required to share it to authorities. All these apologists suddenly coming out of the woodwork from inactive accounts is just a series of pattern I'm noticing more and more not only on HN but in all public discourse platforms. It's highly likely that corporations and high networth individuals have realized the power of astroturfing to skew public opinions, especially when most of those audiences do not read past the sensationalized titles.
- pessimizer 4y agoIt's a list that enables an industry to cooperate with each other in order to better comply with a government demand. A government demand that they have been threatened with regulation if they don't sufficiently comply with it themselves.