Thread by @donie, Facebook responding to @SachaBaronCohen tonight: “Sacha Baron Cohen misrepresented Facebook’s policies. Hate [...]

Facebook responding to @SachaBaronCohen tonight:

“Sacha Baron Cohen misrepresented Facebook’s policies. Hate speech is actually banned on our platform. We ban people who advocate for violence and we remove anyone who praises or supports it...

... Nobody – including politicians – can advocate or advertise hate, violence or mass murder on Facebook.”

That’s from a Facebook company spokesperson.

As many people have correctly pointed out — Facebook policy is one thing, how they implement that policy is another.

Exhibit A: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/facebook-white-nationalist-ban-evaded @CraigSilverman @JaneLytv

White Nationalist Groups Banned By Facebook Are Still On The Platform

“Facebook likes to make a PR move and say that they’re doing something, but they don’t always follow up on that.”

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/facebook-white-nationalist-ban-evaded

Exhibit B: @juliacarriew https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/21/facebook-white-nationalists-ban-vdare-red-ice

White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act

Guardian analysis finds VDare and Red Ice TV among several outlets that are still on the platform despite Facebook’s promised ban

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/21/facebook-white-nationalists-ban-vdare-red-ice

Exhibit C: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/new-zealand-video-instagram-facebook/index.html

Videos of New Zealand attack still circulating on Facebook and Instagram

Almost seven weeks after a terrorist attack on a New Zealand mosque was streamed live on Facebook, copies of the video are still circulating on Facebook and Instagram.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/new-zealand-video-instagram-facebook/index.html

Exhibit D @JessReports https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-was-sexually-harassed-on-facebook_n_5a919efae4b0ee6416a3be76

Facebook Didn’t Seem To Care I Was Being Sexually Harassed Until I Decided To Write About It

Two months ago, a pro-Trump Facebook group posted my photo and asked its 72,000 members if they would "smash or pass."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-was-sexually-harassed-on-facebook_n_5a919efae4b0ee6416a3be76

Exhibit E: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar-facebook.html

Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar

The company, citing a human rights report it commissioned, said it was moving to prevent further abuses of its platform in Myanmar. Critics said they were unconvinced.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar-facebook.html

Exhibit F: https://cnnmon.ie/2qeZG4A

CNN Investigation: The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake

For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and...

https://cnnmon.ie/2qeZG4A

Exhibit G: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/tech/facebook-fake-trump-page/index.html

Facebook let a fake page posing as the Trump campaign run political ads

Even as its executives were out fiercely defending its policies on political ads this month, Facebook was allowing an obviously fake page that purported to be linked to President Trump's reelection...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/tech/facebook-fake-trump-page/index.html

Exhibit H: https://www.mainernews.com/private-facebook-group-fans-flames-of-racist-hatred-in-maine/

Private Facebook Group Fans Flames of Racist Hatred in Maine

The tech giant blows off warnings that Lewiston-Auburn group members are inciting violence against Muslim residents

https://www.mainernews.com/private-facebook-group-fans-flames-of-racist-hatred-in-maine/

Exhibit I: https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-lets-users-post-about-killing-immigrants-and-minorities @NoahShachtman

Facebook Lets Users Post About Killing Immigrants and Minorities

The company touts its new tech for catching hate speech. But neither the filter nor Facebook’s human monitors caught a hundred posts calling for people to be shot.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-lets-users-post-about-killing-immigrants-and-minorities

Exhibit J: https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enforcement-hate-speech-rules-mistakes

Facebook’s Uneven Enforcement of Hate Speech Rules Allows Vile Posts to Stay Up — ProPublica

We asked Facebook about its handling of 49 posts that might be deemed offensive. The company acknowledged that its content reviewers had made the wrong call on 22 of them.

https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enforcement-hate-speech-rules-mistakes

Exhibit K: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/facebook-amazon-smile-fundraising-hate-discrimination/ @alibreland

How Facebook and Amazon help hate groups raise money

The companies' donation platforms benefit organizations that have pushed discrimination.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/facebook-amazon-smile-fundraising-hate-discrimination/

Exhibit L: @AndyBCampbell https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-white-nationalism-faith-goldy-video_n_5ca37bade4b0f2df8669c196

Facebook Says This Explicitly White Nationalist Video Doesn't Break Its New Rule

HuffPost showed the company a racist, fear-mongering video by Faith Goldy. Not a problem, a spokesperson said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-white-nationalism-faith-goldy-video_n_5ca37bade4b0f2df8669c196

Exhibit M: @JessReports https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-is-making-millions-off-a-shady-gun-group-that-cons-its-customers_n_5db0b401e4b0d5b7894548fc

Facebook Is Making Millions Off A Nationwide Gun Permit Scam

Concealed Online customers could be breaking the law without even knowing it.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-is-making-millions-off-a-shady-gun-group-that-cons-its-customers_n_5db0b401e4b0d5b7894548fc

Exhibit N: https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-hate-groups-on-facebook-police-officers-trade-racist-memes-conspiracy-theories-and-islamophobia/

Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and...

Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.

https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-hate-groups-on-facebook-police-officers-trade-racist-memes-conspiracy-theories-and-islamophobia/

Exhibit O: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bianca-devins-brandon-clark-instagram-photos-policy-859589/

Why Are Gruesome Photos of a Murdered 17-Year-Old Girl Still All Over Instagram?

Some Instagram users say that when they reported disturbing photos of Bianca Devins' dead body, Instagram said it didn't violate guidelines.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bianca-devins-brandon-clark-instagram-photos-policy-859589/

Exhibit P: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-nazi-clothing-extremism_n_5b5b5cb3e4b0fd5c73cf2986

Facebook And Instagram Let Neo-Nazis Run Clothing Brands On Their Platforms

The companies are promoting Holocaust denial magazines and white supremacist baby T-shirts. Facebook removed the pages after HuffPost published this arti...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-nazi-clothing-extremism_n_5b5b5cb3e4b0fd5c73cf2986

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