Fedi.TipsMar 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
Show threadrevjamesonMar 23, 2024
@FediTips Disagree. Be open to doing it, but if they do things right with threads then they should be included in things.
Show threadP StewartMar 23, 2024
@revjameson @FediTips Why whould anyone assume that they'll suddenly do things properly here when their track record literally everywhere else is simply behaving worse and worse with every passing year, and their general corporate stance on moderation if "what if we simply don't?"
Show threadrevjameson
@pstewart @FediTips Sure they don’t have a a good track record with past projects. But if this project does things right then there is no reason to block them.
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