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Tankies: A Data-driven Understanding of Left-Wing Extremists on Social Media - GNET (gnet-research.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Get in here losers

We're dunking on everything

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tech companies must recognise and respond to the adeptness of groups like tankies in evading moderation efforts. Developing advanced content moderation tools that can detect and mitigate the spread of extremist rhetoric, irrespective of its political orientation, should be a priority. Collaborative endeavours between researchers and tech platforms can lead to the development of more robust and unbiased moderation systems.

HALT CITIZEN, YOUR POST DOES NOT SUPPORT THE NEOLIBERAL CENTRIST NARRATIVE, YOUR FICO SCORE HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 100 POINTS

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

lol the only way that they'd get away with this is if liberals try to convince everyone that class discrimination against the rich is bigotry on the level of racism or sexism. I guess they've already tried this. Hexbear was created after reddit banned violent rhetoric against slave owners.

They'd have to set up a framework where wanting a violent revolution against the capitalists is extremist, but calmly rationally talking about the need to evict poor people from their homes isn't extremist.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

They'd have to set up a framework where wanting a violent revolution against the capitalists is extremist, but calmly rationally talking about the need to evict poor people from their homes isn't extremist.

They already have this part down