Facebook's 'Secret Blacklist' leaked, surprising revelations
Facebook's 'Secret Blacklist' leaked, surprising revelations
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A secret Facebook blacklist has been leaked, which revealed some amazing information. In fact, there are white supremacists, military-organized social movements and alleged terrorists, whom Facebook considers frightening. More than 4,000 persons and groups have been reported on the blacklist, which is considered horrific. It also includes 10 terrorists, extremists or extremist organizations outside India, which are considered very frightening.

The Intercept on Tuesday leaked a list of Dangerous Individuals and Organizations that facebook approved it not to be active on its platform. According to The Intercept, the Hindutva group Sanatan Sanstha, the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muiwa) are 10 groups from India included in that Facebook blacklist. In addition, All Tripura Tiger Force, Kanglipak Communist Party, Khalistan Tiger Force, People's Revolutionary Party of Kanglipak are also on the list.

Several Islamic extremist and terrorist groups, including the same Indian Mujahideen, Afzal Guru Squad of Jaish-e-Mohammed and all local or sub-groups of global organizations like active Islamic State and Taliban in India and many countries, are also on the blacklist. More than half of the list includes alleged foreign terrorists, mainly the Middle East, South Asia and Muslim. The intercept quoted experts as saying that the list and Facebook's policy show that the company imposes strict restrictions on marginalized groups.

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