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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWomen Are Getting Banned from Facebook for Calling Men Scum-- the Daily Beast
Worth reading the whole article. Facebook has done nothing to prevent its being manipualed by trolls of all stripes IMOhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/women-are-getting-banned-from-facebook-for-calling-men-scum
Women Are Getting Banned from Facebook for Calling Men Scum
Women had accounts banned from Facebook for responding to male trolls with sentences like men are trash, in part because the company classifies white men as a protected group.
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, countless women have taken to Facebook to express their frustration and disappointment with men and have been promptly shut down or silenced, banned from the platform for periods ranging from one to seven days.
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When asked why a statement such as men are scum would violate community standards, a Facebook spokesperson said that the statement was a threat and hate speech toward a protected group and so it would rightfully be taken down.
As ProPublica revealed in an investigation in June, white men are listed as a protected group by the platform.
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Context also matters. One reason female comics often seem to run afoul of Facebooks guidelines is that the companys content moderators fail to recognize the humor in their posts. Popular tropes such as ban men are interpreted literally under Facebooks current set of community standards, and women suffer the consequences for attempting to express themselves.
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Trolls know this. The ironic thing about Literal Nazis is that they have weaponized taking things literally, BuzzFeed writer Katie Notopoulos wrote recently.
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Lots of ways to make a point without insulting someone.
hlthe2b
(102,390 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)But the article wasnt about that, was it hlthe2b, was it?
Gotcha.
Im going to write your reply on a card so I can check later on if Im right about your predictable answer.
Surprise me.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)Getting it now?
malaise
(269,193 posts)with impunity
hlthe2b
(102,390 posts)The article was Facebook's response to women who are fighting back against the worst of the internet's misogynistic trolls. Something YOU ignored
TheBlackAdder
(28,224 posts).
Scum-sucking Pigs will work too
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sarge43
(28,946 posts)Facebook let this go on for some time. Threatening anal rape goes a bit beyond calling some people "trash", don't you think?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141721136
Orrex
(63,225 posts)It's about time someone stood up for the oppressed white male.
The dominant demographic in American culture has had to face repercussions for its behavior for far too long. Like twenty minutes, at least.
Tarc
(10,476 posts)kcr
(15,320 posts)They are masters at this. I see this all the time and watch people fall for it and it's so frustrating. Not a bit surprised about Facebook.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)Are they being thrown off?
Orrex
(63,225 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Sickening. I am so glad I stay away from fb. Everything I read about it is just awful. White males are a protected group there?
samnsara
(17,650 posts)marble falls
(57,291 posts)whathehell
(29,096 posts)marble falls
(57,291 posts)whathehell
(29,096 posts)it wasn't clear.
marble falls
(57,291 posts)whathehell
(29,096 posts)HuskyOffset
(890 posts). . . if you're grabbing them by the p***y while you do it, because then it's, you know . . . presidential.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)and really has little to nothing to do with him.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)there ought to be a consistent standard.
The issue is also one of over-generalization. It's one thing thing to generally refer to men as "scum," and quite another to use that term to ACCURATELY refer to the Pussy-Grabber-in-Chief.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)padfun
(1,788 posts)/snark
whathehell
(29,096 posts)so I'm afraid a diversion in his direction won't work.
tazkcmo
(7,302 posts)Everywhere
whathehell
(29,096 posts)which is why detours to Trump Talk are not germane to the topic.
padfun
(1,788 posts)Since there is a picture out there with Melania on a lease, it was pointing out that Trump is like that too..
whathehell
(29,096 posts)come a little easier to men.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)we have now, boasting of the ability to do what they may to ANY woman that they may desire in their daily lives, walk in on teenagers in their dressing rooms where they were half clothed just because he could, could ogle teenage girls in front of witnesses and have the accusations of 16 women who say he sexual harassed and in some cases forced himself upon them as OPEN, not adjudicated cases, then that man and ANY like him is a "beast". Simple logic.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,279 posts)sarcasm is the best form of communication, and it is a shame to have it threatened. Or its best practitioners.
IronLionZion
(45,543 posts)I've unfriended many people. We all choose who we respond to. There are ways to stop seeing posts from certain users.
For example, people who feel I should go back to another country(born in USA) - block
People who think I'm stealing jobs away from Americans - block
People who think I've gotten too uppity and should remember my place - block
There is also a setting to remain friends but not see their posts. This way we can still send out messages for class reunions or whatever.