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This week, tech platform Slack closed its account with the US Immigration Reform League (FAIR), a conservative group advocating for low-level immigrants, because it is a “known hatred group.”
FAIR was notified on Wednesday that it was banned from a platform, an internal messaging service used by many organizations and newsrooms to communicate with each other.
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In a statement, a Slack spokesperson said using the platform that “promoting or inciting hatred or violence against groups or individuals violates our Terms of Service and Terms of Service and violates Slack’s values and objectives. “.
“If we find out about an organization that uses Slack for illegal, harmful, or other prohibited purposes, we will investigate and take appropriate action in accordance with our policies,” a spokeswoman said. “The account in question that belongs to a known hatred group was suspended after we determined it was in violation of our policy. The use of Slack by the hatred group is contrary to everything we believe in Slack. Yes, it’s not welcome on the platform. “
Slack doesn’t say how to determine which groups are “hate groups” and not “hate groups,” but FAIR is published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Included in a long list of slack groups. Critics have previously accused groups of mainstream conservative group loops with groups like the Ku Klux Klan. SPLC is facing multiple defamation proceedings over its “hate” and “radical” proceedings.
Slack’s decision was first reported by FreeBeacon.
Dan Stein, president of FAIR, told Fair News Digital that FAIR has been using the platform since 2016 and its mission hasn’t changed in the meantime. He also denied the claim that his organization was a “hate group.”
“FAIR is a mainstream organization by historical standards. Basically, we want border security, border control, and prevention of illegal immigrants,” he said in an interview. “And we are not anti-immigrants. We love immigrants, but every year we want to ease it and reasonably enforceable limits. Is this rocket science?”
Stein acts immediately, sends a letter to Slack, demanding that all internal communications related to the decision be maintained, and believes that the company may be in breach of the contract.
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“We have always paid on time and used the platform only for legally permitted uses. FAIR is a 45-year-old non-profit organization so recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. Has the highest philanthropic governance and transparency rating from Better Business Bureaus, Charity Navigator and all other rating agencies “before Fox News Digital warns its staff that it has a” lawyer’s battery “. Said in a letter to the company.
Stein said organizations build their operations around the use of such platforms, which can be very confusing if they are no longer used.
“By shaping operations around technology availability and platforms, we settle into some sort of shallow, calm state,” he said.
Slack doesn’t provide any further information about that decision, but Stein believes the move was partially motivated by noise from the federal government. “Domestic violent militants have expressed dissatisfaction with their perception that the U.S. government does not want or cannot secure the border between the United States and Mexico, and has undocumented immigrants to the United States. He demanded violence to stop the influx of people. ” Stein accused the DHS of boldly eradicating those who had legitimate concerns about border security, calling it an “extensive brush eradication.”
The ban on FAIR is behind long-standing concerns by conservatives about the censorship of conservative voices by big tech companies, especially social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook. Stein believes that more censorship will take place between the present and the mid-term, both at Big Tech and elsewhere.
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“Everyone knows that between now and November we will see alternative and systematic censorship of disinformation, using various types of disinformation claims as an excuse. We need to, “he said.
“This country is now under a very dark tyranny cloud,” Stein warned, as Big Tech relies on technology platforms for more companies and organizations, just like owners. I was particularly concerned about the power to play a major role in that. Shut down anyone who disagrees with the speech.
“We are threatened, silenced and shut down regularly by these big tech millionaires who continue to buy alternative tech platforms and shut down their disliked voices,” he said. rice field.