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Are you a ‘Hate Agent’? Find out.

Posted by Marsha West ∙ June 14, 2019 ∙ In News ∙ Freedom of Speech, Hate, Social Media ∙ Bookmark permalink

“The document also says [the company] will categorize you as a hate agent for “statements made in private but later made public.” Of course, Facebook holds vast amounts of information on what you say in public and in private — and as we saw with the Daily Beast doxing story, the platform will publicize private information on their users to assist the media in hitjobs on regular American citizens.”

(Allum Bokhari – Breitbart)  Facebook monitors the offline behavior of its users to determine if they should be categorized as a “Hate Agent,” according to a document provided exclusively to Breitbart News by a source within the social media giant. The document, titled “Hate Agent Policy Review” outlines a series of “signals” that Facebook uses to determine if someone ought to be categorized as a “hate agent” and banned from the platform.

Those signals include a wide range of on- and off-platform behavior. If you praise the wrong individual, interview them, or appear at events alongside them, Facebook may categorize you as a “hate agent.”  View article →

Breitbart’s title changed by CRN:  “Exclusive: Facebook’s Process to Label You a ‘Hate Agent’ Revealed”