UN Greenlights Big Tech Mega-Database To Censor American ‘Extremists’
Just five years after its founding, GIFCT is expanding its database to include white supremacist content as determined by the United Nation s Tech Against Terrorism project and intelligence groups such as Five Eyes. According to Reuters, the database will include attacker manifestos often shared by sympathizers after white supremacist violence as well as links and material from Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and other neo-Nazi groups that are identified and then censored or removed by social media platforms.
Other tech companies, which recently received pressure from the White House to flag content that doesn t align with the administration s COVID-19 propaganda from their respective platforms, are now joining social media giants in their efforts and will be able to access the trove of extremist material to see which platforms have already removed it.
Although new to GIFCT, many of these tech giants have previously engaged in censorship and deplatforming. Airbnb pledged to prevent hate groups from visiting D.C. during President Joe Biden s peaceful inauguration. Mailchimp used its power to deplatform opinions it doesn t like. Pinterest and Instagram banned former President Donald Trump.
What would really make a difference is Tinder getting on board.