Comment on The Substack app sent a push notification promoting a Nazi newsletter to several users.
custard_swollower@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Some countries have pretty strict laws about not promoting Nazi ideology - by pushing that notifications it would probably be breaking that law.
cabbage@piefed.social 5 days ago
Oh yeah. Circulating random swastika-labelled push notifications talking about a sickness that "aflicks (?) all Jews" is a pretty big no-no in most, if not all, of the civilized world.
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Nazis called their symbol Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross).
For some reason, anglos chose to use Eastern religions’ term for their holy symbols.
cabbage@piefed.social 5 days ago
Yeah, it would be wonderful if that symbol could eventually be reclaimed. Seems a bit far off though. Would English speakers know what you refer to if you say hakenkreuz?
In my native tongue it's called hakekors, and I speak some German, so I'm not in a position to assess how understandable it would be to folks who only speak English.
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think calling it ‘hooked cross’ would be a good start.