As platforms crack down on other forms of hate, experts and researchers say anti-Muslim bigotry has spread unchecked on Facebook and other social networks
Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon moved to remove or reduce the spread of anti-vaccination content after recent public outcry. Tweets: @buzzfeedyarns , @miriamelder , @buzzfeedben , @brandyzadrozny , and @janelytv See also Mediagazer Tweets: Yarns / @buzzfeedyarns : Researchers of extremism say the horrifying attack in New Zealand should be the catalysing moment that makes platforms like Facebook and others put more focus on removing anti-Muslim hate speech from their platforms. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Miriam Elder / @miriamelder : Facebook has taken down more than a million videos of the Christchurch attack, but groups with names like “War against Islam” and “Bikers Against Radical Islam Europe” continue to exist https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Ben Smith / @buzzfeedben : Anti-Muslim bias seems to be an exception to platform rules about weeding out hate speech https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny : “Sometimes, their ultimate decision is a good decision, the problem is that it comes from a place of corporate ass-covering instead of a strong ideological position.” @wphillips49 http://www.buzzfeed.com/... @janelytv : Muslims have had to deal with Islamophobia and hate speech on social media for years even as platforms crack down on other dangerous content http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... See also Mediagazer