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Should I report this person?

21 replies

Samjo93 · 06/08/2025 22:18

Someone I know posts the most horrendous and inflammatory racist and islamophobic stuff on FB. They seem to blindly share stuff from dubious sources and sometimes adds their own equally offensive and inciteful captions to the posts.
To give an idea how bad the posts are, the last 5 I've reported to FB have been removed. I know FB have a high threshold for what it deems offensive/inciteful/incendiary etc, so that's how bad they were.
Now, this person works in a face-to-face role serving a very diverse community (think along the lines of social worker in a big city). I don't want to say exactly where or what as might be outing.
I don't work with this person but I see them in my personal life and also see the abhorrent stuff they share on FB. Only reason I haven't blocked yet is because I've been gathering details to record and share with the authorities as I have concerns that the person is suseptible to far-right brainwashing.
I'm thinking of reporting this person to their employer as I feel it's a conflict of interest if they are working with and "supporting" members of the very communities they spew so much bile against on FB.
Would I be able to report anon? I don't want my name being brought into it.

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JohnofWessex · 06/08/2025 22:21

I dont see why not

You will point the employers in the direction of the offending material, from then on its down to them

MummytoE · 06/08/2025 22:23

You absolutely should report this asap

Obeseandashamed · 06/08/2025 22:44

Report & live with a clear conscience!

cannyvalley · 06/08/2025 23:35

Yes. sounds horrendous! And if they are so emboldened to post this stuff publicly I would be very worried about how they treat the people they support.

also, Given the description of this persons role, it is likely to be in their contract of expectations that they do not express such views in a public forum. People in such roles have a responsibility not to bring their profession/ organisation into disrepute with these kind of opinions expressed publicly. It’s drilled into staff and for good reason!

PoppySaidYesIKnow · 06/08/2025 23:44

Send screenshots to the employer - find out who is in charge there and if necessary, print and post them private and confidential to the person in charge.

SquishedMallow · 06/08/2025 23:54

To be honest: no. I wouldn't.

People are allowed a private life and to have opinions outside of their professional selves.

The person in question is audacious using a publicly viewable platform to air controversial views when they work in a field where those views may clash with their service they're providing.

But actually, truth of the matter is : people can think whatever they like. Sharing memes isn't actually putting their personal thoughts into writing, but perhaps suggesting their mindset.

The problem comes if those views are bought into their practice at work. That's where it becomes illegal and discriminatory.

Unless I had evidence or very good reason to believe the above : I'd just scroll on actually.

dimsumfatsum · 07/08/2025 00:01

Please, please, please report them to their employer.

IdaGlossop · 07/08/2025 00:11

SquishedMallow · 06/08/2025 23:54

To be honest: no. I wouldn't.

People are allowed a private life and to have opinions outside of their professional selves.

The person in question is audacious using a publicly viewable platform to air controversial views when they work in a field where those views may clash with their service they're providing.

But actually, truth of the matter is : people can think whatever they like. Sharing memes isn't actually putting their personal thoughts into writing, but perhaps suggesting their mindset.

The problem comes if those views are bought into their practice at work. That's where it becomes illegal and discriminatory.

Unless I had evidence or very good reason to believe the above : I'd just scroll on actually.

People are allowed to have a private life but thoughts shared on social media are public and therefore need reporting if views are expressed that are detrimental to the poster carrying out their job professionally. If Lucy Connelly had kept her views to herself, she wouldn't be in prison.

Moonlightbean123 · 07/08/2025 00:12

SquishedMallow · 06/08/2025 23:54

To be honest: no. I wouldn't.

People are allowed a private life and to have opinions outside of their professional selves.

The person in question is audacious using a publicly viewable platform to air controversial views when they work in a field where those views may clash with their service they're providing.

But actually, truth of the matter is : people can think whatever they like. Sharing memes isn't actually putting their personal thoughts into writing, but perhaps suggesting their mindset.

The problem comes if those views are bought into their practice at work. That's where it becomes illegal and discriminatory.

Unless I had evidence or very good reason to believe the above : I'd just scroll on actually.

A private life isn't posting on FB though really its making info public. You are not entitled to have deeply offensive racist view online actually especially if you're in some kind of social role . ppl can have their political views and so on but problematic views on any subject ain't on.

Poodley · 07/08/2025 00:20

Yes definitely report.

Poodley · 07/08/2025 00:21

(and as a pp has already suggested - take screenshots and send them the the organisation she works for)

Franjipanl8r · 07/08/2025 00:36

Do they work in a profession that has a code of conduct? Is there a professional body you can complain to that is used to dealing with these kind of ethical complaints? If not, I’d complain directly to their employer but they might not choose to do anything about it.

notreallyuponJL · 07/08/2025 01:06

SquishedMallow · 06/08/2025 23:54

To be honest: no. I wouldn't.

People are allowed a private life and to have opinions outside of their professional selves.

The person in question is audacious using a publicly viewable platform to air controversial views when they work in a field where those views may clash with their service they're providing.

But actually, truth of the matter is : people can think whatever they like. Sharing memes isn't actually putting their personal thoughts into writing, but perhaps suggesting their mindset.

The problem comes if those views are bought into their practice at work. That's where it becomes illegal and discriminatory.

Unless I had evidence or very good reason to believe the above : I'd just scroll on actually.

I agree with this.

When the OP said that facebook had taken down five posts, my first thought "blimey, they must have been bad!" as my experience of facebook is that they'll delete practically nothing. Indeed OP then said in the next sentence that this was so.

But if someone who has thoughts like this is quite prepared to share them on facebook, it stands to reason that if employers need to know about it, they may already be digging about to see who's saying what.

I appreciate that you may have to be a "friend" on facebook to see it, but if it is so, and given that that OP clearly wouldn't be an actual friend with this person in real life, the fact that they're "friends" on facebook suggests the person posting the offensive content is neither bothered who sees it, nor careful who they have as "friends". An employee would have no trouble "friending" that sort of person.

Of course, if it's all public, then it's there for anyone to see, and says even more about the person saying it. I couldn't care less about the "right to free speech" and "it's my profile, I'll say what I like" - if you wouldn't stand on your doorstep shouting it to strangers walking past your house, then don't say it online.

CyanDreamer · 07/08/2025 01:17

I judge you just as much for having such "friends" on facebook frankly.

notreallyuponJL · 07/08/2025 01:21

CyanDreamer · 07/08/2025 01:17

I judge you just as much for having such "friends" on facebook frankly.

I am glad you said that. I know it's not the "correct" thought process to have, but I have always worried about what people might think about the company I keep on facebook. This is why I have only 14 friends on there, all of who are people I know and trust and who don't raise eyebrows with their content.

NeedZzzzzssss · 07/08/2025 01:27

I would. Someone who has extreme views like this and who is happy to publicly share them can own it. I'd be concerned one day they might take those extreme views too far. Report them.

ScorchingEgg · 07/08/2025 01:51

You’ve not described what is racist or islamophobic so on that basis we can’t possible judge whether objectively, on balance, they are, or whether they politically disagree with you and you have attached labels.

I say this with caution, because we are currently in a world where ‘bigot’, ‘transphobe’ and ‘racist’ is banded about when someone just doesn’t agree with someone else’s ideology.

I think the posters taking your words at face value simply want to cause chaos.

More details please.

P.S. FB once remove a post of mine because I indicated a man I knew, in a casual post, wasn’t very nice. Somehow they deemed it ‘sexist.’

SquishedMallow · 07/08/2025 07:15

ScorchingEgg · 07/08/2025 01:51

I say this with caution, because we are currently in a world where ‘bigot’, ‘transphobe’ and ‘racist’ is banded about when someone just doesn’t agree with someone else’s ideology.

I think the posters taking your words at face value simply want to cause chaos.

More details please.

P.S. FB once remove a post of mine because I indicated a man I knew, in a casual post, wasn’t very nice. Somehow they deemed it ‘sexist.’

This is a very balanced post

Auroraloves · 07/08/2025 07:27

What exactly are these posts? I’m surprised no one who they work with has noticed the posts and reported.

They are entitled to their views but they are being very unprofessional.

However it doesn’t necessarily affect their ability to do their job

If their job is regulated by a professional body (Hcpc, nmc for example) be prepared to go on record

HelpMeGetThrough · 07/08/2025 07:32

If you think it’s that bad, report it, but have the balls to not be anonymous and stand by what you believe he is doing.

summerskyblue · 07/08/2025 07:39

I would report it to their workplace because if they are in contact with a diverse client group and are in a position where they make decision that affect people's welfare then their racist views are not compatible with their job.

The employer can then investigate and decide whether this makes this person unsuitable for the role.

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