Mastodawn

Fedi.Tips Mar 22, 2024

If you're a Fediverse admin, this is a plea for you to defederate threads.net

#Threads is part of Meta/Facebook, and their track record on moderation is as horrific as it is possible to be:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/ethiopia-facebook-algorithms-contributed-human-rights-abuses-against-tigrayans

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/.

The victims of prejudice, violence and genocide cannot "block" attackers that were radicalised online. Victims of bigotry and hatred cannot opt out of being beaten up or murdered.

Please defederate Threads/Meta/Facebook 🙏

Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide

Victims in US and UK legal action accuse social media firm of failing to prevent incitement of violence

The Guardian

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Jordan

Mar 22, 2024

@FediTips I can’t say I agree with this line of reasoning. Just because a tool is used in abuse against some that doesn’t mean the majority is therefore bad. If that’s true then we should ban cars because they’re sometimes used to run over people, or ban the internet because pedo’s use it. I think the Fediverse enables the correct organic approach: those that don’t like it can defederate, and if you don’t like your admins decision, change instances or start your own.

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Fedi.Tips

@jordan_kendrick

If an admin knows that there is extreme hate being spread on their instance, and they decide to allow that hate to spread, surely they should be defederated?

This is a consistent pattern of behaviour by Meta/Facebook right at the top:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17587080/mark-zuckerberg-holocaust-denial-kara-swisher-interview

Mark Zuckerberg says Holocaust deniers are making an honest mistake

In a podcast interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recommitted to providing a platform for misinformation. Facebook will continue to offer a platform to Holocaust deniers, Infowars, and other publishers of hoaxes on the assumption that they are sincere in their beliefs, Zuckerberg said.

The Verge