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Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads (www.mediamatters.org)

submitted 1 year ago by MiscreantMouse@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social

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[–] HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social 87 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Hm, yeah I guess no one has been speculating about this part of the de/federate Threads reality. Everyone's worried about Meta and EEE, but what we should have really been discussing is the history of Meta moderation and community guidelines which have often cited "free speech" when people use white supremacist dog whistling but cite "calls to violence" when people of color actively complain about white supremacy.

There's a reason why we have seen news articles about large LEO Facebook groups trading and making joke comments on racist memes...

We were worried about the technology, but we should have been worried about cultural infiltration.

[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 55 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Exactly. What happens when a far-right troll like libsoftiktok sics thousands of rabid followers on a fediverse account? I get the feeling our small, volunteer group of moderators just don't have the resources to cover that kind of brigading.

[–] HeinousTugboat@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, LibsOfTikTok's already getting slapped by Threads's moderation.

[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope, she has repeatedly had posts reinstated after being initially flagged for hate speech, including that one. Meta knows their audience.

[–] HeinousTugboat@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Ah, damn. Should've figured it was too good to be true if she was posting it.

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