Facebook Dangerous Individuals and Organizations List (Reproduced Snapshot)
Huh. There's a lot bands in the "Hate" section. Looking up the various names I'm finding various death metal and black metal bands. I can't help but wonder how many of those bands on are on that list because someone at Facebook took heavy metal imagery and lyrical themes too seriously and literally.<p>More Edit: Turns out I picked a bad example. I missed reference to a name collision with an actual National Socialist band using the original name. The original edit is below.<p>Edit: Figured I should support my thesis with an example.<p>Let us take the band Sturmtruppen, from the Hate section of the linked article. From Encyclopaedia Metallum[1][2], they are a Black/Death metal band with themes of war and genocide. Per and interview referenced on their Encyclopedia Metallum page, their choice of those themes is not to glorify them, but to have something evil sounding enough to fit the style of music.<p>I am not saying that all the listed bands don't belong there. I know that actual neo nazi bands that take their imagery and themes seriously are a real thing that exist. But I do suspect at least some bands are on that list because of imagery and lyrical themes alone.<p>1. <a href="https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sturmtruppen/12143" rel="nofollow">https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sturmtruppen/12143</a><p>2. <a href="https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Truppensturm/98034" rel="nofollow">https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Truppensturm/98034</a>