Billy Perrigo
@billyperrigo
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Staff Writer on @TIME's international team. Signal: +44 7583 065071
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šØ NEW: Facebook banned a Hindu extremist group ā then left most of its pages online for months.
My investigation:
https://t.co/eQUjT7tu1U
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Cyclist sits around unpaid waiting for a job. Finally cyclist is sent a job and cycles to collect it. Still unpaid. Arrives at job & sees ridiculous size of order would be impossible for cyclist to carry. Has to reject job. Still unpaid. Goes back to waiting for a job. Unpaid https://t.co/VhAeLfVd16
How the F does @UberEats and @IcelandFoods expect a scooter or even a cyclist to carry these packed out heavy bags as far as as Bermondsey/4.3miles away from this location for Ā£5/Ā£6. This is what slave labour looks like. @IWGB_CLB and this happens all the time. https://t.co/YYnTastkJc
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lololol so actual experts are having their appointments to museum trusteeships blocked because they are too āpoliticalā but the former chancellor of the exchequer is a totally neutral addition to the board https://t.co/WEEHGS6sXi
The Board of Trustees of the British Museum are pleased to announce the appointment of their new Chair, George Osborne.
Read more here: https://t.co/Ui956FnAkB (1/2) https://t.co/igOlIrVkND
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"Even when I smiled or felt happy, I also felt guilty.ā
Myanmar's artists captured the spirit of resistance to the military coup. Now some are continuing the fight from abroad. By @suyinsays
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.@jonathanvswan presses Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on why heās outspoken against Islamophobia in the West but silent about the genocide of Muslim Uyghurs in western China.
Khan: I concentrate on what is happening on my border.
Swan: This is on your border. #AxiosOnHBO https://t.co/QdLfY1qXGL
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āIt shames the Indian government that they are targeting journalists for reporting basic facts,ā @RanaAyyub tells @billyperrigo https://t.co/GcnWWnZc4a
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They shared a video of a Muslim man being attacked in India. Now they're being investigated by police https://t.co/iJvfUW8aQD
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The future of the open Internet is under greater threat than ever before, human rights groups say. Will the Biden Administration step in?
https://t.co/PWWMzZmDqc
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Facebook allowed an extremist group, the #SanatanSanstha, to operate openly on its platform for months, even after banning the groupās main pages for violating its policies, @billyperrigo reports for @TIME: https://t.co/4DbRRuuAak
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Come work with us! https://t.co/A9QPWaNMSm
šØWe're hiring! We are looking for an editorial fellow to work with our team @TIME in London for six months, starting this summer. More details on how to apply here: https://t.co/6bQ9DW5FNh
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And I couldn't end this thread without laughing at the notion that "@TIME and @Facebook have an alliance." š
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International media such as the @WSJ, @TIME and @Facebook have an alliance. This alliance is running anti Hindu agenda in India.
Banning pages of Hindu organizations is part of this conspiracy. So the Indian government should ban Facebook.
#Facebook_Targets_HJS
@sanatanprabhat https://t.co/KbbMBidMRR
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The campaign imagery shows FB's logo rendered in green, a color associated with Islam.
It's part of the HJS/SS argument that Facebook is persecuting Hindus and pandering to Muslims.
(I think Palestinians would dispute this.)
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International media such as the @WSJ, @TIME and @Facebook have an alliance. This alliance is running anti Hindu agenda in India.
Banning pages of Hindu organizations is part of this conspiracy. So the Indian government should ban Facebook.
#Facebook_Targets_HJS
@sanatanprabhat https://t.co/KbbMBidMRR
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(This campaign is happening on Twitter, YouTube, and Telegram, platforms where the SS and HJS still have a presence.)
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And now, the HJS is leveraging that, calling on other Hindu groups to join in its campaign to get Facebook banned.
"Given its anti-Hindu stance, no wonder if FB suspends pages of other devout Hindu organisations and leaders hereafter!"
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The narrative in these campaigns is that Facebook is unjustly targeting legitimate Hindu speech.
Facebook could disarm that criticism by giving a nuanced explanation about why it chose to ban HJS and SS pages. But it hasn't.
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They wouldn't tell me. All they'd say is that SS/HJS were banned for violating community standards.
Now the groups are capitalizing on this, with the campaigns #Facebook_Suppress_Hindu_Voices and #Facebook_Targets_HJS
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.@FacebookIndia has targeted & shut down the pages of @HinduJagrutiOrg , which were used to inform & educate people on nation & Dharma.
Facebook is stifling free speech of Indians! Step up and condemn it !
Sign petition - https://t.co/z31OjUOYta
@HMOIndia
#Facebook_Targets_HJS https://t.co/VLelHu1G8N
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Facebook's lack of transparency about their reasons for banning the SS and HJS are important here.
I repeatedly tried to get Facebook to explain to me in detail why they banned the SS and HJS. Was it because of hate speech? Threats of violence? Misinformation?
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Yesterday, the SS released a statement.
"Such an action from FB is a grave violation of the fundamental rights of the Indians provided by the Constitution. Hence, the anti-Hindu and anti-India social media like Facebook must be banned in India."
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