- Facebook: no death threats or threats of violence (except against people we don't like) Archived Message
Posted by walter
on July 10, 2019, 8:55 am
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Judge, jury & executioner: Facebook policy permits death threats against ‘dangerous individuals’ https://www.rt.com/news/463796-facebook-allows-death-threats-watson/ The definition of the exclusions (i.e. people who are allowed to be threatened with violence or death) varies from a Dangerous Individual to one accused or convicted of certain crimes. This includes Infowars' Alex Jones and paul Joseph Watson. From the link to Facebook's guidelines (emphasis added) "Do not post: Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s), where threat is defined as any of the following: Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence Calls for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organisation or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organisations Policy) Including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence Statements advocating for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organisation or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organisations Policy) Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence (unless the target is an organisation or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organisations Policy) Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons or vulnerable groups, where threat is defined as any of the following: Statements of intent to commit violence Statements advocating violence (unless the target is an adult public figure convicted or *accused of certain crimes, or is a member of a dangerous organisation) Calls for mid-severity violence (unless the target is a member of a dangerous organisation) including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target is an adult public figure convicted or accused of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organisation) Other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons or vulnerable groups and any credible: Statements of intent to commit violence Calls for action of violence Statements advocating for violence Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organisation) Threats that lead to physical harm (or other forms of lower-severity violence) towards private individuals (self-reporting required) or minor public figures, where threat is defined as any of the following: Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes: Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorially (adding bullseye, dart, gun to head etc.) Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there's evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through: Language explicitly stating that goal, or Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self-defence, for military training purposes, commercial video games or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo) Continues..." |
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