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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by chillacy on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @03:36PM (#19505049)
I would say that if the mainstream narrative is that your ideology shows up in a bunch of mass shootings then you get pushback. We thought it made sense to take down ISIS content, now it makes sense to take down white supremacy content.

Presumably this wouldn't be happening if not for the dozen or so mass shootings with oddly similar perpetrators in the past 5 years.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by FakeComments on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:04PM (#19505397)
There has been more left wing political violence in the US recently, the media simply disproportionately reports on right wing violence.

Why isn’t Facebook banning leftist propaganda when groups like Antifa regularly use it as justification for political violence?

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by chillacy on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:40PM (#19505794)
That's definitely one interpretation, I left that as an option when I said "mainstream narrative". Facebook wouldn't ban leftist groups unless the mainstream narrative is that antifa shoots up rural churches.
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