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Re:Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop ... by downandout on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:13AM (#25954244)
The issue is that in any group of sufficient size, someone at some point will use a slur or phrase that someone who is really reaching can turn into a claim like this. The excuse in WSB’s case with Discord was “hate speech”. This then overflowed into the Financial Times falsely labeling WSB as an “alt-right” group [1].

Unfortunately in today’s hyper-PC environment, this is such an easy way to instantly deplatform your enemies that it will continue to be abused. Any large group can be shutdown at any time should the powers that be decide they don’t like it - they just have to find a single post that the PC police would find objectionable. It’s one of the dangers of allowing such thin claims to have such instant, fatal effects with with no ability to fight or appeal.

[1] https://twitter.com/wsbmod/status/1354720831218339845?s=21

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