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Facebook users have begun to receive creepy messages warning them that they 'may have been exposed to extremist content' and asking if they need support, as well as asking them to report anyone they know who 'may be becoming an extremist'.
The warnings began popping up Thursday and have little indication of what the platform considers to be 'extremist content':
Encouraging people to turn in their friends, relatives and neighbours for wrongthink, where have we heard about this before?
Here's what the Facebook warnings end up at:
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© Facebook
The About description on their website reads:
© Life After Hate
© Life After Hate
A 'fact sheet' posted to Life After Hate's website also proclaims that "far right extremism and white supremacy are the greatest domestic terror threats facing the United States."
© Life After Hate
You can see where this is heading.
Facebook responded to questions about the alerts Thursday, issuing a statement that says "This test is part of our larger work to assess ways to provide resources and support to people on Facebook who may have engaged with or were exposed to extremist content, or may know someone who is at risk,"
"We are partnering with NGOs and academic experts in this space and hope to have more to share in the future," the Facebook statement also read.
This group appears to be yet another like the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far left political entity masquerading as a bipartisan organisation with the express goal of silencing anyone who does not adhere to their warped outlook.
We shouldn't be surprised, Facebook has been doing this for years already, first targeting and attempting to silence those who publicly engage in wrongthink, and then going after everyone else.
As Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters recently noted, Facebook and Zuckerberg have an insatiable desire to "insidiously take over absolutely everything" and wipe out anyone or anything they cannot control.
Reader Comments
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Such an extremist being able to fundamentally narrate what views, opinions and even "facts" are allowed, in spheres as diverse as politics, medicine and morality is something that needs to be addressed
That being said, I have the right NOT to use that business if I don't like it. What did these poor users of social media do before social media? Maybe we would be better off just leaving those platforms eh?
We have turned history's greatest research library into a never-ending Geraldo Rivera reality show, with commercials!
They've probably let that one slip out the bag as their next war is planned as a global effort against the "aliens"
People might be able to use the internet/social media to have the same experience but the media and social media are reinforcing the beliefs that people are horribly different and should not be trusted.
Don't fear different; fear those people who tell you about the differences