Apparently Facebook Can Stop Hate Speech, But Not Terrorist Propaganda – IOTW Report

Apparently Facebook Can Stop Hate Speech, But Not Terrorist Propaganda

Daily Caller: Although Facebook and other tech companies have been able to censor so-called hate speech, they have been unable to prevent the spread of Islamic terrorist propaganda on their sites, according to a new report.

“Despite promises by digital platforms to curb material supporting terrorism, Jihadi groups such as ISIS and other terrorist organizations continue to rely upon Google, Facebook, and Instagram to sow fear, spread hate and recruit members,” according to the Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) report.

DCA’s report illustrates how Facebook has been ineffective in its ability to prevent the spread of terrorist propaganda, especially from radical Islamic terrorist organizations like the Islamic State.

The report shows a gallery of photos that include beheadings, setting prisoners on fire and much more.

DCA worked with Global Intellectual Property Enforcement Center (GIPEC) to conduct the report. Among the many examples, the report shows a pro-ISIS post on Facebook from 2016 that says “ALLAHU AKBAR” paired with ISIS terrorists waving their black flag that has been there until at least May 1, 2018. more here

8 Comments on Apparently Facebook Can Stop Hate Speech, But Not Terrorist Propaganda

  1. Remember all of those secret meetings with Google Facebook etc,that Obama held with much Lib fanfare ? We don’t know what they agreed to, the minutes need to be opened.

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  2. Don’t feed the monster and the monster won’t eat you.

    Translated – Get the eff off that drug.

    don’t do FacelessBook.

    Who needs standard ‘social media’ when you have IOTW and get educated?

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  3. “Ineffective”? That’s a strange word to use. It usually implies that there was effort.

    FB, if anything, is never ineffective when it comes to censure.

    With FB, if it isn’t censured it’s condoned.

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  4. I’ve had facebook friends who were put on 30 day probation because they shared “an offensive picture” 2 years prior, which wasn’t even offensive.
    Meanwhile, BLM and antifa are planning protests and threatening people and nothing happens to them. The TX high school shooter had some messed up shit on his page, but… nothing.

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  5. ‘hate speech’ can only be defined by the listener …
    … it is merely a subjective measurement … it can only be censorious in it’s nature

    Censorship is Fascist, Racist & Communist … Bernie Sanders & all his ‘DemocRatic’ brethren love it

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  6. @MJA (at 10:41 pm): Santa Fe is a small community full of Texas rednecks (trust me on this one). I doubt any of them would have committed this crime. The shooter was a son of a Greek immigrant. I’m guessing he never assimilated enough to learn proper Texas ways. You don’t kill someone unless he needs killin’. That’s not good manners.

    🙂

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