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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by ratling on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:29PM (#19508965)
The average person (which includes these disaffected white males) is an idiot. They'll pay attention to whatever facebook and youtubes algorithms puts in front of them without question.

There are always disaffected people, but throwing this crap at them day in and day out for ad dollars is just throwing gasoline on a fire for a percentage of the insurance money.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by chaostheory on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:29PM (#19513756)
Do we really know who is right here? Do we have data on much social media helps extremist groups grow vs how social media surveillance helps authorities catch and disband members of these groups and their plots?
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