Facebook vowed last week to curb hateful content on its platform by extendingits policies against white supremacy to cover posts that praise whitenationalism and separatism
Facebook vowed last week to curb hateful content on its platform by extending its policies against white supremacy to cover posts that praise white nationalism and separatism.
In a much-discussed move last week, Facebook had issued a statement declaring that its policies banning white supremacist ideology and hate groups weren’t enough. The company said it would add “praise or support for white nationalism and white separatism” to the list of things that violate its terms of service, and noted that those rules would extend to Instagram, which it owns.
But if there was any question as to whether Goldy had violated Facebook’s new rule against “showing support for white nationalism,” the video she posted on March 30 should have left no doubt. In the clip titled “RACE AGAINST TIME,” Goldy spends nearly five minutes railing against people of color and Jews ― especially those immigrating to predominantly white countries ― who she says are “replacing” white populations in Europe, the United States and Canada.
Goldy’s racist propaganda would seem to represent the exact kind of content that should get someone banned under the new rules. But shown the video above, the Facebook spokesperson argued that it doesn’t promote or praise white nationalism. Instead, the spokesperson claimed, it offers a discussion about immigration and ethnicity statistics.
Supporters’ reaction to the idea can be angry or even violent. The gunman who killed dozens of worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand last month titled his manifesto “The Great Replacement” and lamented throughout that white identity is under attack. In America, the body count in the name of white supremacy grows each year.
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