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We’re experiencing a bit of fediverse drama. https://infosec.pub/post/42793922
This is ostensibly a photo of a bloody backpack taken at an Iranian school that was bombed this weekend by the US and Israel, killing dozens of children. It’s abhorrent and unforgivable.
A post with this photo was removed from a major fediverse picture community, but a clear reason possibly wasn’t given.
One possible issue is that this image has not been verified and has shown up in several places in ways that have clearly been manipulated by AI. This makes it’s authenticity as a real photograph questionable.
The events themselves are horrific, and some argument has been made about the image potentially being “political” — which is a disgusting argument almost always used to oppress and suppress the unprivileged. The prior argument would be reasonable, but calling inconvenient and uncomfortable injustices “political” is a behavior that needs to end.
Oh wow, thanks for that info. I knew LW was uncomfortably liberal but that top comment is very concerning if true.
The removal, if I'm understanding the story correctly, seems justifiable enough on its own (untagged nsfl), but it does seem part of a pattern of borderline decisions all going one particular way…
(If it was removed for being "political", as some others said, that's inexcusable.)