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posted by chromas on Saturday April 14 2018, @05:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the Smells-like-censorship-or-teen-spirit dept.

On the Daily Dot:

The Facebook pages of Richard Spencer, the alt-right leader who was famously punched in the face last year, have been suspended.

The pages for the National Policy Institute, a lobbying group of sorts for white nationalists, and Spencer's online magazine "altright.com," vanished on Friday after Vice sent the social network an inquiry about hate groups. They had a combined following of almost 15,000 followers.

The action was taken just days after Mark Zuckerberg emphasized during his testimony before Congress that Facebook does not allow hate speech. But it wasn't until Vice flagged the accounts that Facebook suspended them. The social network said in a statement that it identifies violating pages using human monitors, algorithms, and partnerships with organizations.

Also at Engadget and Vice.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by stretch611 on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:00PM (4 children)

    by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:00PM (#666981)

    How is he so lucky?

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    Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:54PM (#666994)

    A small child giggled as he played with his new toy on the grass. As the child was playing, he heard someone approaching him and looked towards the source of the sound; once he saw it, his laughter ceased. A larger boy was walking up to him with a menacing expression on his face; it was Billy, who was a known bully. Billy demanded that the small boy hand over his new toy, which caused the child to start crying. However, Billy did not care about the little boy's feelings, and so he beat him up and forcibly took his toy. The bully walked away with his new possession, leaving behind a sobbing child.

    Billy smiled; this new toy was a bit damaged from the other boy using it, but it was still in good condition. Now, it was time to play. Billy began by snapping the toy's appendages one by one. The woman screamed as her bones were broken. But her screams only made the boy chuckle & chortle. Billy then snapped even more of the woman's bones, and began violating her while slamming his fists down on her face. The boy laughed and laughed and laughed some more. And the more the boy laughed, the more damage the woman sustained. "New toys are the best!" Billy said elatedly.

    After some time had passed, Billy realized that it was time to go home, and so he dragged the woman back to his house by her hair. Billy violently tossed the toy into his garage; it landed on a large pile of similar toys, most of which were broken. The boy smiled when he thought about what tomorrow would bring. What new, fun toys would he steal next...?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @09:49PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @09:49PM (#667066)

    yeah! why cant they delete mine. its not for the wont of asking.

    oh i get it

    you have to be a jerk in this world to succeed and get what you want. works for a lot of people that way. and since its all so polarized anyway, anyone i offend if I try to get deleted will gain me friends on the other side of the political spectrum, so really its a wash.

    can i get deleted if i tell the ceo how i really feel? can i do it in person? mr spencer got punched but I am hoping to do the punching when i deliver my message.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15 2018, @12:46AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15 2018, @12:46AM (#667101)

      you have to be a jerk in this world to succeed and get what you want.

      If that were the case then both you and I would be successful.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @09:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2018, @09:39AM (#674508)

    White privilege.