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Why aren’t you banning the far-right agitators?

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GoldMedallist · 29/07/2024 22:03

Deleting their posts but allowing them to keep inciting racial hatred under the same accounts is making the site unusable. Why should we keep reporting them if you’re not going to do anything meaningful about it?

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VerySadCase · 30/07/2024 12:10

GoldMedallist · 30/07/2024 11:59

Yes, this. It’s like picking up other people’s dog shit, continuously.

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Good analogy.

There is so much racism on these boards now, it's depressing.

BoreOfWhabylon · 30/07/2024 12:08

Some posters are definitely bad actors, some are credulous fools and some are unable to distinguish between True Crime programmes/podcasts and real life.
Apart from the massive disinformation campaigns across social media and the pushing of a particular (false) name (origins of that apparently in Russian disinformation 'news' programmes), what part of not compromising the judicial process do they not understand?

Piggywaspushed · 30/07/2024 12:06

Of what??

Dancingmonkeyfeet · 30/07/2024 12:03

GoldMedallist · 30/07/2024 11:59

Yes, this. It’s like picking up other people’s dog shit, continuously.

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Can you give examples?

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GoldMedallist · 30/07/2024 11:59

Piggywaspushed · 30/07/2024 11:55

And, by the way , I had to go through find and report every single racist post - not just request that the thread was looked into. Literally not my job. The thread was disabled but the posts were still there.

Yes, this. It’s like picking up other people’s dog shit, continuously.

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Piggywaspushed · 30/07/2024 11:55

And, by the way , I had to go through find and report every single racist post - not just request that the thread was looked into. Literally not my job. The thread was disabled but the posts were still there.

Piggywaspushed · 30/07/2024 11:52

People have to report things for them to be deleted. It's not proactively monitored. There are codewords that are like klaxons. Let's not engage in whataboutery. There are far right posters on MN. There were 5 all over the Tommy Robinson thread.

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GoldMedallist · 30/07/2024 11:41

I’m edging to the right of center with age but last night there was a huge campaign to disseminate lies aimed solely at scapegoating asylum seekers. It wasn’t only on here but most of us hold MN to a high standard.

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Dancingmonkeyfeet · 30/07/2024 11:30

It depends what you class as ‘far right’

’Far right’ to some are actually just centre or just right of centre. The term has been so much as an insult to shut people down from having differing opinions it doesn’t actually mean what it used to.

Concerned about immigration - ‘far right’
Concerned about the effect of transgender issues - ‘far right’
Concerns about terrorism ‘far right’
Not gushing about Labour ‘far right’
Voting conservative ‘far right’
Not voting Librals ‘far right’
Not marching for Palastine ‘far right’

If there is a blatant racist post then it usually gets nipped in the bud sharpish but the vast vast majority of posts are from people with genuine points - yet other people don’t like them being discussed.

Piggywaspushed · 30/07/2024 11:17

I agree that there is a group who descend. Many repeat posters. Quite a few seem to be male as it goes!

I do feel a bit like there needs to be a greater awareness of terms used amongst the Far Right that are , for example, anti semitic tropes as they rely on them not being spotted and so feel very smug.

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GoldMedallist · 30/07/2024 11:12

Thanks BeckyA 😊 will do

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BeckyAMumsnet · 30/07/2024 10:50

Hello @GoldMedallist if we believe posters are on Mumsnet to incite racial hatred then we will ban their accounts. If you think we've missed something, can we ask you to drop us a line at contactus@mumsnet.com rather than discuss users on this thread? We'll be happy to take a look. It was exceptionally busy last night and we'd like to make sure nothing was missed. Thank you.

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