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Information, Communication & Society: Hashtags, Hatetags and social media campaigns in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict . “This article examines the role of social media, specifically Twitter, in the amplification of violent divisive discourse during Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict (2020–2022), introducing the concept of Hatetags to analyze the transforming of hashtags into vehicles of digital conflict.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/information-communication-society-hashtags-hatetags-and-social-media-campaigns-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict/

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Only reason we re not seeing concentration camps in bulk is because in isnt in the economic position to to become a #NationalistSocialism , thinkers ng and speech re free ( till they re politically insignificant) , goods and services re not
Its easy to like #hitler or aspire to be one , it hard to convince people to work hard without expectations and irrespective of consequences
Also societies have better mechanisms now to recover from economic collapses , with due loss and suffering, then they had in 1930s relative to those of propaganda
Thanks to the progress in #education and #science
With suffering comes hate and phobia
Also , despite being politically incorrect , Hitler had some capability and was in the earlier times to become what he was.
I still see no chance of #worldwar
#politicaleconomics #geoolitics #humancapital #history #hatespeech #modi #trump #ai #geoolitics

One of the biggest failings on Mastodon is how Communists aren't treated with the same derision and heavy-handed moderation that Nazis are.

I'm not saying that the Nazis don't deserve to be excluded from public spaces, I'm saying the Communists also deserve to be excluded.

Do not excuse their murderous intent to line people up against the wall or to launch bloody revolutions for their inability to organize a bake sale.

Care for only a small portion of a group is not love for that group.

If I said "I only love 15% of Star Bellied Sneeches", I only support the Sneeches who don't wish to live on the beaches then we'd see that the affection is very limited and conditional.

That would be triply so if I also pushed for legislation preventing Sneeches (star bellied or not) to be able to live on the beeches).

Saying you love a group or care about a group means that you need to love and care about most of them, not merely a small percentage, and also not fight against them having the same rights as everyone else.

Moreover, when someone says "That hides real hate for Sneeches", that's a BS smokescreen to mask their own hate.

Consider that when you meet someone who says they "Have no problem with Jews but hate Zionists".

Grüne im Netz: Erst twittern, dann zittern

Grünen-Politiker sorgen auf X regelmäßig für Skandale. Hastig gelöschte Tweets und peinliche Rechtfertigungen häufen sich. Ähnlich aggressiv ist nur eine andere Partei.

heise.de/tp/features/Gruene-im

heise online · Grüne im Netz: Erst twittern, dann zitternBy Harald Neuber

The Advocate
“LinkedIn, the popular professional networking platform, has quietly stripped explicit protections for transgender and nonwhite users from its English-language hate speech rules, repeating a playbook now familiar to LGBTQ+ advocates tracking the rollback of content safeguards across major social media platforms.

“The changes, first flagged by the nonprofit Open Terms Archive and independently confirmed by The Advocate, involve edits to LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, specifically the “Hateful and Derogatory Content” and “Harassment and Abusive Content” sections. In both, references to protections for transgender people and people of color were either weakened or removed entirely.

“Before Monday, the site’s “Hateful and Derogatory Content” page included a line explicitly prohibiting the “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as an example of hate speech. That language has now been deleted. The same page still states that LinkedIn prohibits content that “attacks, denigrates, intimidates, dehumanizes, incites or threatens hatred” against individuals based on characteristics including gender identity and race. But misgendering and deadnaming, terms that refer to deliberately using the wrong name or pronouns for a transgender person, are no longer explicitly prohibited.”

#Transgender #NonWhite #PeopleOfColor #LGBTQ #LGBTQPlus #Queer #HateSpeech #Harassment #LinkedIn #SocialMedia

advocate.com/news/linkedin-tra

Advocate.com · LinkedIn quietly amends policy around anti-trans hate speechBy Christopher Wiggins

"To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on [January 27, 2025], Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre applauded Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza - which is widely considered a genocide - and called for unquestioning loyalty to Israel.

Corey Balsam of [Independent Jewish Voices] told [The Maple] that he found Poilievre’s speech “appalling and a perfect example of how the memory of the Nazi Holocaust can sadly be used to justify fascist and even genocidal policies.”

It is disturbing how Canadian politicians are weaponizing the memory of one genocide to support another. Never again means never again for anyone."

- Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), via Instagram

readthemaple.com/poilievre-mar

#Fediverse - like #democracy - is not the holy grail. Active individual engagement seems essential.

„Beyond analyzing whether the Fediverse can disrupt #bigtech monopolies on the Web and how to circumvent the challenges it might face, it is crucial to gather evidence of the potential impacts of the Fediverse on pressing issues currently affecting the Web. These include the spread of #HateSpeech and #disinformation Shin et al. (2018); Castaño-Pulgarín et al. (2021), effects on #mentalhealth Haidt (2024), and manipulation of user behavior Zuboff (2019). The presence of large instances like Gab, which permit hate speech, demonstrates that the Fediverse is not immune to some of these problems. In fact, its decentralized nature could complicate moderation efforts and potentially exacerbate some of these issues Allen et al. (2023); Mahadeva (2024).“

arxiv.org/abs/2408.15383

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arXiv.orgAn evidence-based and critical analysis of the Fediverse decentralization promisesThis paper examines the potential of the Fediverse, a federated network of social media and content platforms, to counter the centralization and dominance of commercial platforms on the social Web. We gather evidence from the technology powering the Fediverse (especially the ActivityPub protocol), current statistical data regarding Fediverse user distribution over instances, and the status of two older, similar, decentralized technologies: e-mail and the Web. Our findings suggest that Fediverse will face significant challenges in fulfilling its decentralization promises, potentially hindering its ability to positively impact the social Web on a large scale.

🏳️‍⚧️ LinkedIn removes #HateSpeech protections for #transgender individuals

@opentermsarchive detected on July 29th that LinkedIn removed transgender-related protections from its policy on hateful and derogatory content. The platform no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as examples of prohibited conduct.
👉 Full memo and sources: opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/
🇫🇷 Memo in French: opentermsarchive.org/fr/memos/
#TermsSpotting #TrustAndSafety #LGBTQ #ContentModeration #transrights