actually I don't care if you care or not
the questions is:
why would a CEO of a domain registrar
have his own promotional attempt video
show up right next to a holocaust denier video
that is hosted on servers of his own company
and not care about the content???
and context?
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Laws against
Holocaust denial have been proposed in many other countries (in addition to those nations that have criminalized such acts)
including the United States and the United Kingdom. Such proposed laws have been criticised and faced opposition, most significantly from
civil rights and
human rights advocates who contend that the such laws would violate people's established rights of
freedom of speech and
freedom of expression. Organizations representing Jews and other groups victimized during the Holocaust have generally been split, in opinion, about such proposed laws.
The courts in a number of jurisdictions have taken
judicial notice that the Holocaust did happen. For example,
a United States court in 1981, in a case brought by Mel Mermelstein, declared the occurrence of gassings in Auschwitz during the Holocaust was a legally incontestable fact.
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Facebook announces:
Worldwide removal of content that denies the Holocaust
October 12, 2020
By Monika Bickert, VP of Content Policy
Today we are updating our guidelines against hate speech and in future we will ban all content worldwide * that denies or belittles the Holocaust.
Organizations investigating hate speech trends have reported an increase in attacks against diverse groups on the Internet around the world. We are taking decisive action: We have banned more than 250 right-wing extremist organizations from using our platforms and updated our guidelines on QAnon. We also regularly remove other organizations and individuals around the world and removed 22.5 million pieces of content in the second quarter of this year alone for violating our hate speech guidelines. Also, following months of discussions with independent experts, we recently updated our guidelines to remove anti-Semitic stereotypes that claim that Jews control the world.
Today's update is another step in resolutely combating hatred on our platforms. Our decision is supported by the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism worldwide and the alarming level of ignorance about the Holocaust, especially among young people. According to a recent study in the US, a quarter of 18-39 year olds surveyed believe that the Holocaust is a myth, that it is being exaggerated, or that they are not sure.
Institutions that deal with Holocaust research and the culture of remembrance, such as Yad Vashem, emphasize again and again that knowledge of and about the Holocaust is a key component in combating anti-Semitism. Therefore, later this year, we'll be directing people to credible information when they search for terms related to the Holocaust or Holocaust denial on Facebook.
For many years we have worked with communities around the world to better understand how hatred, including anti-Semitism, manifests itself online. For example, we regularly exchange ideas with organizations that work globally on this topic, such as the World Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee, or have a national or local focus on Jewish communities. We also work with institutions and groups that fight hatred and anti-Semitism, such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
It will not be possible to enforce these new guidelines overnight. There is a fair amount of content that is in violation of the new guidelines and it will take time to train the relevant teams and adjust our systems.
We would like to thank all our partners for their input and their openness.
* In countries where Holocaust denial is illegal, such as Germany, we have been blocking such content for a long time as soon as we become aware of it.
Categories: Facebook hate speech corporate news
https://about.fb.com/de/news/2020/10/weltweite-entfernung-von-inhalten-die-den-holocaust-leugnen/
