Facebook Ignored 455 Complaints About Militia Page Urging Weapons at Kenosha Protest

[sun rise]

2020 might be the year "the river runs red" (with blood) if the right wing terrorist escalation in violence continues to grow.

Facebook Ignored 455 Complaints About Militia Page Urging Weapons at Kenosha Protest - Slashdot

In a companywide meeting on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that a militia page advocating for followers to bring weapons to an upcoming protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remained on the platform because of "an operational mistake." The page and an associated event inspired widespread criticism of the company after a 17-year-old suspect allegedly shot and killed two protesters Tuesday night.

The event associated with the Kenosha Guard page, however, was flagged to Facebook at least 455 times after its creation, according to an internal report viewed by BuzzFeed News, and had been cleared by four moderators, all of whom deemed it "non-violating." The page and event were eventually removed from the platform on Wednesday — several hours after the shooting.

"To put that number into perspective, it made up 66% of all event reports that day," one Facebook worker wrote in the internal "Violence and Incitement Working Group" to illustrate the number of complaints the company had received about the event... The internal report seen by BuzzFeed News reveals the extent to which concerned Facebook users went to warn the company of a group calling for public violence, and how the company failed to act.

 

[Revoltingest]

Hey, don't forget the left wing "terrorist" violence.
These things tend to travel in pairs.

Btw, it's not "whataboutism" when bringing up
the root cause of a problem.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I'm starting not to like most world's-richest-CEO websites. I've noticed some of their sites tend to be run by computer algorithms whenever possible rather than real people. And contrary to popular belief, I feel that computers sometimes make more errors in deciding what content to keep or what to do for people, than humans do.

I don't necessarily think that's what's happening here to any full-scale degree at all. But just a thought.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm starting not to like most world's-richest-CEO websites. I've noticed some of their sites tend to be run by computer algorithms whenever possible rather than real people. And contrary to popular belief, I feel that computers sometimes make more errors in deciding what content to keep or what to do for people, than humans do.

I don't necessarily think that's what's happening here to any full-scale degree at all. But just a thought.

Half of us on RF are just algorithms.
I'm programmed to annoy, & to sell bacon.

 

[PureX]

Facebook was too busy re-arranging their interface to try and get us all to look at their advertising (even though we're all trying desperately to ignore it) to bother watching for republican attempts at creating violence so they can run against the surging violence in their election campaign.

 

[columbus]

Easy Peasy

Cancel your Facebook account.
Tom

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Easy Peasy

Cancel your Facebook account.
Tom

That's a good idea. I'd cancel Twitter too - that site always seems to put me in a bad mood.

 

[McBell]

Easy Peasy

Cancel your Facebook account.
Tom

Just remember your username and password.
Cause if you "cancel" your facebook account today, a year or two later, you will still be able to log back in...

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Hey, don't forget the left wing "terrorist" violence.
These things tend to travel in pairs.

Btw, it's not "whataboutism" when bringing up
the root cause of a problem.

At this point its denialism that RW terrorism, particularly and especially from white supremacists, is on the rise. According to the FBI its a significant threat and top priority to combat, and is on par with homegrown extremists and international terrorists.
FBI Announces That Racist Violence Is Now Equal Priority To Foreign Terrorism

CHRISTOPHER WRAY: We elevated to the top-level priority racially motivated violent extremism so it's on the same footing in terms of our national threat banding as ISIS and homegrown violent extremism.
...

 

[McBell]

That's a good idea. I'd cancel Twitter too - that site always seems to put me in a bad mood.

I was just able to sign back into my "deleted" twitter account.
Of course, I only "deleted" it back in February...

 

[Revoltingest]

At this point its denialism that RW terrorism, particularly and especially from white supremacists, is on the rise. According to the FBI its a significant threat and top priority to combat, and is on par with homegrown extremists and international terrorists.
FBI Announces That Racist Violence Is Now Equal Priority To Foreign Terrorism

The worst is to deny both sides' violence

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The worst is to deny both sides' violence

The best example of recent LW "violence" was a guy who was shoved by a cop, and the guy shoved back and ended up ahoving the cop into Rand Paul, prompting Paul to scream for his life. Meanwhile RW radicals have shot up mosques, ran into protestors with their vehicle, and now are taking the law into their own hands and playing judge, jury, and executioner. Im not denying LW violence and terrorism is a thing. It is, and it does happen. But it's not surging like white supremacy/ racially motivated violence is. Or have you forgotten that armed RW radicals did ise violence and threats of violence to illegally invade and occupy federal grounds?

 

[Revoltingest]

The best example of recent LW "violence" was a guy who was shoved by a cop, and the guy shoved back and ended up ahoving the cop into Rand Paul, prompting Meanwhile RW radicals have shot up mosques, ran into protestors with their vehicle, and now are taking the law into their own hands and playing judge, jury, and executioner. Im not denying LW violence and terrorism is a thing. It is, and it does happen. But it's not surging like white supremacy/ racially motivated violence is. Or have you forgotten that armed RW radicals did ise violence and threats of violence to illegally invade and occupy federal grounds?

Asking what the other forgot about leads nowhere positive.
I too have a long list.

 

[BSM1]

Half of us on RF are just algorithms.
I'm programmed to annoy, & to sell bacon.

...and bacon sales are a-sizzlin'....

 

[ecco]

Hey, don't forget the left wing "terrorist" violence.
These things tend to travel in pairs.

Btw, it's not "whataboutism" when bringing up
the root cause of a problem.

https://www.adl.org/sites/default/f...e/CR_4499_WhiteSupremacist-Report_web_vff.pdf
For example, between 2000 and 2015, one single white supremacist prison gang, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, was responsible for at least 33 murders in communities across Texas. Behind these killings were a variety of motivations, including traditional criminal motives, gang-related murders, internal killings of suspected informants or rules-breakers, and hate-related motives directed against minorities.
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Maybe you can find an article from a respected source showing a similar number of murders committed by the likes of Antifa.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Easy Peasy

Cancel your Facebook account.
Tom

They won't let you. Facebook is like the mob.

 

[Vinayaka]

Easy Peasy

Cancel your Facebook account.
Tom

I can't.

 

[ecco]

The worst is to deny both sides' violence

Trump:
Charlottesville, Va. It was at this press conference that Trump said that "you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."

Peas in a pod.

 

[columbus]

Just remember your username and password.
Cause if you "cancel" your facebook account today, a year or two later, you will still be able to log back in...

They won't let you. Facebook is like the mob.

I can't.

Y'all are making Facebook sound like the RCC!
Or worse, the government.
Tom

 

[SomeRandom]

Half of us on RF are just algorithms.
I'm programmed to annoy, & to sell bacon.

Speaking of, my bacon supplies are running a little low. What’s your prices for today?