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Many posts in recent days shared a screenshot that features the IRS logo and the text, “Major Duties.” No one knows how many of the 87,000 new agents will be armed and trained to kill.Ī legitimate job ad for special agents within the small law-enforcement division of the IRS that works on criminal investigations was misrepresented online following the passage this month of a $740 billion economic package that includes nearly $80 billion for the IRS. And there is video of them training with weapons.

There was an ad saying that new IRS employees would need to use deadly force. Here’s the truth: The job description does not apply to most potential new employees that the IRS will hire in the coming years, and the vast majority of IRS workers are not armed. It’s being claimed by some that an online job ad shows that all new employees that the IRS intends to hire after a funding boost in the Inflation Reduction Act will be required to carry a firearm and use deadly force if necessary. Related: Watch: Armed IRS Agents Wearing Bulletproof Vests Train to Arrest Peopleīut I guess someone on the internet said that all 87,000 new agents are being trained to kill, and the government hasn’t explicitly said that – so the Associated Press needed to fact-check the dumb idiots saying that. In case you thought the IRS needed 87,000 more agents to help you with your tax returns and audit billionaires, watch this: Highlights from the IRS Adrian recruiting project. So the IRS is hiring 87,000 new people, some number of whom are being trained to kill people. “Facebook does not allow hate speech or praise of terrorist acts or hate crimes, and we are actively removing any posts that glorify the horrendous act committed in Charlottesville.These are recent images from the IRS program to train agents to murder people who don’t pay enough taxes The social media site said that it had also banned a number of groups and would attempt to prevent them from reforming, including Physical Removal, Genuine Donald Trump, White Nationalists United, Right Wing Death Squad, Vanguard America and others, and was actively removing hate speech, support of hate groups and the praising of violence.Ī Facebook spokesperson said: “Our hearts go out to the people affected by the tragic events in Charlottesville.

Both Reddit and Facebook confirmed they were actively banning groups and pages linked to far-right extremists.įollowing an anti-hate campaign by the AgainstHateSubreddits community, a Reddit spokesperson told Cnet: “We are very clear in our site terms of service that posting content that incites violence will get users banned from Reddit.”įacebook said that it had removed the Charlottesville Unite the Right event page and that it was actively removing all links to a Daily Stormer post attacking Heather Heyer, the woman who died in the Charlottesville violence. Social media companies – which have previously come under fire for not doing enough to stop the spread of hate speech – also took action against neo-Nazis on Tuesday. Its operation may be short-lived, as other sites forced on to the dark web have found it difficult to stay operational under attack from hacking groups.

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The Daily Stormer’s retreat to the dark web – a series of websites only accessible through the anonymous browsing tool Tor and not indexed by search engines – runs contrary to its stated aims of “educating the masses”. Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images Facebook said it was actively removing all links to a Daily Stormer post attacking Heather Heyer, the woman who died in the Charlottesville violence.