Facebook Lists Criticism of Islam Alongside Genocide

In an excerpt from the Lotuseaters.com interview with Ryan Hartwig, the Facebook whistleblower talks about blacklists the company uses to determine unwanted content. Notably, on a single list, it features figures known for criticising of islam alongside Adolf Hitler.

Does the name Tommy Robinson mean anything to you?

“Yeah, we would see him a lot and we would delete him a lot, so anything at all unless it’s clearly condemning Tommy Robinson we would delete that a lot, and he was on the same hate figure list as Adolf Hitler."

"The policy that falls under is 'dangerous individuals and organisations. So under that same policy you have terrorist organisations, you have criminal organisations, you have mass murderers - and within that you also have hate groups and hate figures.

"So hate groups... you have racist organisations like League of the South. Pretty sure Proud Boys are on that list. Gavin McInnes is also on that list.

"There are groups that should be labelled as the white supremacists. They are, if they are clearly advocating for that kind of violence.

This recent individual Kyle Rittenhouse is working kind of the same way, because he shot some people in self defence and he got labelled as a mass murderer. So that's why you can’t mention anything about him. That’s why any fund raisers about him were deleted off Facebook. So the only time you can mention him or Tommy Robinson is when you are clearly condemning it. It’s weird that they have him on the same list.

With InfoWars as well. It was an emergency update when they banned Alex Jones. It was an emergency for Facebook, so it kind of shows what their priorities are.

"So Tommy Robinson is on that list. So if I put a link, or if I just write his name - if I literally make a post with just his name, Tommy Robinson, that would get deleted. Because in a way it’s supporting him; because it’s mentioning his name that is how the policy is written."