Facebook to ban white nationalist content

Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by shigawire on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @09:48PM (#19508368)

>i dont understand the logic of removing someones ability to converse if they dont understand why they're wrong.. they cant ask questions.

I don't think I've ever seen someone already radicalized reason their way out of it through conversing on the internet. I'm guessing the calculus is that exposing this content to people makes it easy to be suckered in, but we don't see the opposite affect.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by all_factz on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:21PM (#19508581)

You should read this awesome New Yorker article from several years ago: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/conversion-via...

That said, I think I generally agree that conversion via social media is unlikely. Still, I’m also not sure about my position on banning people. But the above article is a great read.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by betterunix2 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:34PM (#19508656)

The Phelps people are disgusting, but they are not terrorists. The thing that is missing from most conversations about white supremacists is that their hate goes beyond words. These are terrorist organizations whose members have committed one violent, murderous act after another, year after year. Banning white supremacists is no different from banning ISIS.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by all_factz on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:59PM (#19508797)

Makes sense. But Westboro is radical, and the above poster had been talking about radicalization, not terrorism.

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