"In italics below the content of a post, you might see a warning label seemingly added after the fact that says: "This user is suspected to be a part of a terrorist organization called Antifa. Please report any suspicious behavior." Also: Is Meta secretly scanning your phone's camera roll? Check this setting to find out The label looks somewhat similar to Meta's community notes feature, so it's not a completely strange idea that a social media site might add context to a post."
"The text is being added by the users themselves on everything from posts to memes to recipes, and it's formatted to look different. Users are adding the tag to protest (or mock) President Donald J. Trump as a domestic terrorist organization. While Trump can, in theory, make that proclamation, Antifa is more of a political ideology than an actual group or organization, and there's no official US designation for "domestic terrorist organization.""
Antifa warning labels have been appearing on Threads and Reddit beneath posts, formatted in italics to resemble platform-added context. The label states the user is suspected to be part of a terrorist organization called Antifa and urges reporting of suspicious behavior. The text is user-added and appears on everything from posts to memes to recipes, used to protest or mock proposals to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. The label's appearance can resemble Meta's community notes, but platforms show no announcement of such labels. Antifa more accurately describes an ideology rather than a formal group, and no US official designation for a 'domestic terrorist organization' exists.
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