[AlexandrB]

> Violent groups try to manipulate your anger and disappointment.

Anyone else find it weird that Facebook is calling themselves a "violent group"?

Joking aside, I "love" how the language in the warning pretends that Facebook is a perfectly neutral party here, in no way responsible for what content floats to the top of people's feeds.

> You can take action now to protect yourself and others.

Yes. That action is deleting your Facebook account.

[heresie-dabord]

> Violent groups try to manipulate your anger and disappointment

"Political parties, foreign states that oppose democracy, and mercenary corporations all give us money for a chance to manipulate your anger and disappointment. While we at F-Book just mine your personal data."

Re-written for clarity.

[aaron-santos]

Active vs passive voice in media is a way of avoiding responsibility. It shifts the subject from those who transgressed to the instrument of transgression, or to the person wronged.

What it should read is "Natalie, Facebook may have exposed you to harmful extremist content". Instead the passive voice subverts Facebook's role in deciding which content is served. It's like the content just magically shows up. A lot like how bullets or rockets also magically show up on their own in other stories.

[azangru]

> I "love" how the language in the warning pretends that Facebook is a perfectly neutral party here

I saw people's screenshots of the "Help" section where Facebook elaborates on the subject of "violent groups". I'd say the language there is noticeably skewed towards the liberal left (if there is still any meaning left in those labels).

[hairofadog]

Do you mean that from your perspective the language there is skewed toward painting the left as a violent group, or that the language there is skewed in support of the left?

[azangru]

In support of the left, definitely. I saw a section on immigration, which I would think aligns closely with what Democrats are preaching.