Readit Newsicw_nru commented on Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta archive.org/details/meta_... · Posted by u/icw_nru
Thanks for sharing your concern. We will post soon, and the leak will always be there on our BlueSky feed.
I tried reposting this on Reddit and my post got autodeleted in 1 second. Which is unusual because I have posted on reddit before.
" Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit’s filters. "
Can anyone help on this? I tried on r/technology r/truereddit r/global_news_hub
Without fail, every single time it gets removed instantly.
icw_nru commented on Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta archive.org/details/meta_... · Posted by u/icw_nru
icw_nru commented on Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta archive.org/details/meta_... · Posted by u/icw_nru
But that makes sense, as the OP said, oct 7th was a huge terror attack that was live-streamed and shared throughout all social media. Hamas filmed themselves on Facebook live doing horrific acts, and people shared and cheered. So obviously there would be an uptick of takedown requests.
Do you have any trend correlating terror attack in Israel and takedown requests?
Yes starting from page 16 and 18, we dive exactly into what you ask. How takedown requests trend pre, during, and post October 7.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
icw_nru commented on Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta archive.org/details/meta_... · Posted by u/icw_nru
Can you tell us a bit about ICW? Does it have a website? Where does its funding come from? What is NRU?
ICW was created with the purpose of exposing corruption related to government and anything tech related. We focus on high quality investigative work. By quality, I mean actually running experiments and going beyond surface level analysis. While everyone has their own biases/leanings, we try to separate our investigations from our opinions (which we do provide in a clearly labeled separate section, usually called "Discussions").
As you can see from our post timelines, I spend months doing this kind of investigative work. And it takes 100+ hours to do a proper investigation, let alone write the actual report.
You can check out our previous investigations here:
The Youtube Algorithm and Manufacturing Consent (https://archive.org/details/youtube-icw) - We collected the worlds largest Youtube recommendation dataset using a custom built watch bot. We concluded that almost all Youtube users are 1-click away from far-right radicalizing videos.
What can we learn from the Andrew Tate data breach (https://archive.org/details/tate_data_breach/) - We looked at the leaks of Andrew Tate's school and calculated through simulations exactly how much money he was making from the project, and allude to what this may mean for his taxes. We also run a state-of-the-art analysis into what kind of posts people make there, as well as survey the user demographics.
We do not currently have a website. And have had $0 funding so far. So entirely out of pocket. From the beginning we opened donations via BTC and ETH, but didn't receive anything yet.
I am NRU (alias) the lead investigator with a background in AI. I am currently driving the entire investigation for these projects. I occasionally collaborate with Drop Site News and BBC for some of the work we do.
You can contact us with:
- https://bsky.app/profile/icw-nru.bsky.social
- icw_nru@protonmail.com
icw_nru commented on Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta archive.org/details/meta_... · Posted by u/icw_nru
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
@dang and team
I think the community would be interested to know the activity around this post, including moderation efforts. I’ve been doing cursory refreshes and seeing what I would consider “brigading”, but I could just be paranoid.
Anyone else have the same questions? I’ll be emailing later and encourage others to do the same.
I emailed the moderator and asked them why this post was constantly getting flagged and locked.
Here is their reply (quote): "Looks like user vouches outweighed user flags, at least for now."
I am not familiar with how hackernews works, but this is what ChatGPT returned on this:
""" On Hacker News, not all users have the ability to vouch for others. Typically, vouching is restricted to users who have achieved a certain level of trust or reputation within the community. This means that only established users, often those with a higher karma score or a longer history of positive contributions, can vouch for others.
If you find that you cannot vouch for someone, it may be because you haven't met the necessary criteria set by Hacker News. The platform aims to maintain the quality of endorsements, ensuring that only credible users can influence the reputation of others. If you're looking to vouch in the future, focusing on contributing positively to discussions and building your karma can help you reach that level. """
HN discussion of part 1 leaks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864419
Ironically, after posting the part 1 leaks, I ran into several censorship efforts directed towards me (both direct and indirect).
I had my Reddit account shadow banned (still in effect) and my hackernews account on a "filtered mode" (they think my posts are too promotional and repetitive).
This story was immediately filtered after I initially posted it this morning.
Another thing to mention, is that for the first couple of hours after posting the part 1 story, I had the post locked several times, and have had several newly created HN accounts making some not so nice comments directed towards us as opposed to focusing on the story at hand.
Also my post was down ranked to the third page of HN, despite having way more engagement (comments and upvotes) then 95% of the posts on the first page of HN.
So if anyone knows a better way to make these posts without getting banned/filtered, or knows another place that would be interested let me know. I would like to continue posting on HackerNews, but if I have to message the mods every time I make the post, it would be extremely painful. Thanks to Dan, for once again coming to save the day.
Part 3 leaks will probably be either next week or the week after. We are currently collaborating with a news organization to get the story out there first.
Finally, I can answer any questions anyone has about this story.