Moderation not keeping up with influx of violent rhetoric following the assassination of the UHC CEO.

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩

I am seeing a huge increase in post and comments that incite violence, make threats of violence against specific people, or that celebrate real-world instances of violence and murder. There are hundreds of comments on this instance posted over the past day that brazenly violate rule #1 “We do not tolerate threats of and calls for violence in any form against any living creature”.

Many offending comments have been dealt with by mods, but some mods are seemingly allowing this violent rhetoric in their respective sub-communities. There are many active threads about the UHC CEO right now on lemmy.world that are filled with violent rule-breaking comments, and very little visible moderation.

Given that the mods are either unable or unwilling to enforce this most fundamental content rule, when can we expect the admins to get involved and start handing out bans to the users that have been celebrating murder and inciting more violence? It’s pretty out of control right now, and I’m betting that the admins could find themselves in hot water with the authorities if this continues to go unchecked.

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satxdude@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

“We do not tolerate threats of and calls for violence in any form against any living creature”.

Also to be fair he’s dead lol

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- TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This comment has been reported for violence (Really)
  
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- BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Celebrating violence that has already happened does not violate the TOS rule 1 cited by OP. Barack Obama held a press conference on national TV when Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden.
  
  Being an American citizen does not make you immune from posthumous criticism. I think OP is displaying bias based on the facts of this specific case. If Harvey Weinstein got shot in the hospital instead and forums celebrated I doubt they would have an issue.
  
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satxdude@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Found the health insurance CEO’s Lemmy account. Scared? Maybe stop killing people and they won’t feel the need to return the favor.

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TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m betting that the admins could find themselves in hot water with the authorities if this continues to go unchecked.

On the front you’re pretty much entirely incorrect. As much as it may not feel good, being happy that someone died isn’t illegal in any of the countries in which .world is hosted.

Specifically calling for, or planning out any form of violence is a different discussion.

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MemeSink@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

“We do not tolerate threats of and calls for violence in any form against any living creature”

So posts about hunting, eating meat, and pest control are verboten?

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

brazenly violate rule #1 “We do not tolerate threats of and calls for violence in any form against any living creature”.

I’ve seen so many caveats and exemptions to this rule, its a complete joke.

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- AnneVolin@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  As with literally every other service calling for violence against the targets of US foreign policy is completely fine, but don’t you dare say it the other way!
  
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Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Just out oft curiosity: in what country is lemmy.world hosted?

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- todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  From the ToS:
  
  The website and the agreement will be governed by and construed per the laws of the following countries and/or states:
  
  The Netherlands
  
  Republic of Finland
  
  Federal Republic of Germany
  
  So yeah, they’d be fucked, especially in Germany.
  
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  - TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Why? No one is inciting violence, commissioning violence, or even inciting hatred.
    
    Hoping something bad happens to a person you dislike is not the same as an actionable threat. Celebrating something bad happening to someone for the actions they committed isn’t incitement. That’s just a consequence of the person’s actions. CEOs are not a protected group of people, it’s just a job title.
    
    I don’t really see anyone getting in actual legal trouble, I think you’re just clutching at pearls for no particular reason.
    
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  - vzq@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not really.
    
    IANAL but I haven’t seen anything that looks actionable under Dutch law.
    
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michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m betting that the admins could find themselves in hot water with the authorities if this continues to go unchecked.

LOL

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