https://lemmy.world/post/22802143

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(Context: lemmy.world/c/support post)

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

I am seeing a huge increase in posts 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.

  • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    54·
    21 days ago

    This user is waaaaaaay too invested in this crusade, like beyond just civility lib. Elsewhere they are:

    • Posting pictures of the guy’s wife and kids to people making jokes and telling them to look into the eyes of his family and then say it again
    • Defending this guy’s reputation as ‘not even a billionaire’ by posting some apparently exact net worth for the guy (unsourced too of course)
    • They’re a a Lemmy is probably doomed because it was built by unhinged tankies poster while also simultaneously being a we’ve got to save Lemmy from incivility poster.
    • Xavienth@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      9·
      21 days ago

      God I wish I could actually look in his family’s eyes and tell them I’m glad their father is dead. If they had any humanity, they would agree with me.

      • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        20 days ago

        A lot of the early rush to defense coverage was about them getting death threats (that was supposed to be an example of what they put up with rather than, ‘maybe you shoud take a fucking hint’) and the quote from his wife was (and I very lightly paraphrase, not exact syntax) “I don’t know, something about denial of coverage.”

        This has been neatly scrubbed and the SEO muddied for media organisations that all quote her as saying the killing was “senseless”. This is the new, PR crisis team written quote in full…

        We are shattered to hear about the senseless killing of our beloved Brian. Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives. Most importantly, Brian was an incredibly loving father to our two sons and will be greatly missed. We appreciate your well wishes and request complete privacy as our family moves through this difficult time.