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posted by janrinok on Friday October 04 2019, @02:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the some-people-just-can't-take-a-joker dept.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-monitor-violent-online-threats-light-joker-premiere/story?id=66031356

The FBI has received tips of threatening posts on social media calling for "unspecific mass shootings" linked to the release of the new psychological thriller, "Joker," starring Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix that will hit theaters this Friday, according to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News.

These threats have been circling online platforms since at least May 2019, but give no information indicating specific or credible threats to particular locations or venues, the bulletin said.

Some of the threats did contain references to a primarily online group called the involuntary celibate community, or Incels, and a subset that refers to itself as "Clowncels." However, the intelligence community doesn't necessarily regard the group as a whole as a violent one.

"While many Incels do not engage in violence, some within the community encourage or commit violent acts as retribution for perceived societal wrongdoing against them," the bulletin said. "Some Incel attackers have claimed inspiration from previous mass shooters."


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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday October 04 2019, @10:08PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday October 04 2019, @10:08PM (#902825) Journal

    ...so let me get this straight, it's people with crap net.manners, not the complete commercial and corporate takeover and whorification of the Internet aided and abetted by corrupt politicians, that's the real problem here? I'm with Jan on this one; you've been hitting the sauce early.

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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Saturday October 05 2019, @12:57AM

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday October 05 2019, @12:57AM (#902886) Journal
    "...so let me get this straight, it's people with crap net.manners, not"

    Yes, please do get this straight. That's not what I was saying at all.

    It isn't one or the other. It's a system where the one feeds back to the other.
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