Facebook already deplatforms radical Islamic preachers on a regular basis.
I doubt that have enough data to show the links for the other groups.
Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by cannedslime on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:57AM
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Are you sure about that? Try searching for "الموت للغرب" on facebook (Death to the west)
Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by int_19h on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:42PM
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This is "terror content" though, not the ideology behind it. I tried looking around, and there are plenty of pages preaching the ideology. It sounds like they're okay so long as they don't directly call for violence, showcase violence (execution videos etc), or try to recruit for either of those, even though the end goals are inherently violent. Most white supremacist content is similar in that regard.
I'd note that "Death to the West" has a very mixed set of meanings.
Often is isn't meant as a threat, but instead is a political statement calling for the end to the hegemony of the West. However, sometimes it is meant as hate speech (often when associated with calls for the destruction of Israel).
Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by laughinghan on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:54AM
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I don't know about Salafi Muslims specifically, but Facebook already does censor radical Islamist groups like ISIS. This move is trying to be more across-the-board by including white supremacy under more of its aliases.
As for the others--when's the last time a Stalinist drove a car into a crowd or committed a mass shooting?
That would be believable, if it was applied as such across the board - e.g. also removing Christian Dominionists, Stalinists, Salafi Muslims, NoI etc.