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Initech

(100,068 posts)
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:36 PM Oct 2017

PSA: The Alert Button

People there's instances of hate speech everywhere in this day and age. Whether it is Russian bot accounts or the president of the United States' twitter feed. The first lady, Melania Trump, has taken this up as her cause, but there's so much hate speech going around the internet that this cause is quite laughable at best. Especially considering her husband is the biggest cyber bully of them all - Donald Trump. And he regularly talks to the second biggest cyber bully of them all, Alex Jones.

You have most likely seen it on your Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram accounts. You can help stop this. All platforms have tools that help report hate speech, harassment and bullying. Here are links to all the major services to report abuse - whether it's verbal, whether it's an abusive video, or a bot account.

- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/reporting.html

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/1709360766019559?helpref=page_content

- Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169998#

- Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/165828726894770

- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/5j352w/how_do_i_report_abuse_on_reddit/

- Tinder: https://www.gotinder.com/safety

- Ad Choices: https://support.google.com/adsense/troubleshooter/1190500?hl=en

Reporting abuse will help everybody in the long run. Take time to familiarize yourself with these services and how to report abuse. This is how we nip the Russian bot accounts and hate speech from Trump trolls in the bud. Do not be afraid to use it when you see it!

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PSA: The Alert Button (Original Post) Initech Oct 2017 OP
Thank you! Very helpful! smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #1
thank you for posting bdamomma Oct 2017 #2
Good info workinclasszero Oct 2017 #3
Don't waste your time with facebook reporting redstatebluegirl Oct 2017 #4
Some of us solve the problem by marybourg Oct 2017 #5
For those of us that do though, need to be made aware of this. Initech Oct 2017 #6
K&R -- Thanks for posting, very informative. ATL Ebony Oct 2017 #7

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
4. Don't waste your time with facebook reporting
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:58 PM
Oct 2017

I have done it an nothing happened, they just send me a message saying it doesn't violate their standards, like they have any.

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