Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

by Londo111 86 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • Londo111
    Londo111

    From an email I received of a conversation had with people from Patterson:

    It seems that the WTS legal dept. has been working with the FB [Facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency. They said the Society is getting thousands of letters from JWS who are starting to question some of the things they have read in facebook and seen in youtube. It is having a major effect on the organization so much that the news is that the WTS pushed the issue to stop apostate talk and find out who are the ones who post anonymously and have them disfellowshipped. The WTS has finally reached an agreement with FB to enforce the true identity policy for anyone who wants to use facebook. He said there is instructions that will be relayed to the Body of elders through the circuit overseers to review FB and youtube every week and they can count time for field service to see if any members in their congregation are posting negative information and to deal with such individuals judicially and get them out of the organization.

    I can't vouch whether these folks from Patterson know what they are talking about, but just in case, I suppose this should be floated out there.

  • raymond frantz
    raymond frantz

    Can that be verified in any way Londo? I.e. internal letter to elders or something else?

  • baltar447
    baltar447

    Facebook has been working on "real names" for some time now, it has nada to do with an insigificant peon religious group.

    Perhaps we ARE reaching a tipping point and the sheer numbers of exjws joining recovery groups and forums has them worried. But I think this is more "the borg is SO smart" bullshit.

  • Splash
    Splash

    What if Simon was offered $1,000,000 for the members info and email addresses from this site !!

    Splash

  • leaving_quietly
    leaving_quietly

    Elders counting time to review FB and Youtube? LOL! They can't even count time for shepherding. This makes no sense. Is this another JW urban legend in the making?

  • AlphaMan
    AlphaMan

    Watchtower paranoia is making them sound more like Scientology. LOL

    It's a cult and they know it.

  • sir82
    sir82

    Bluster & bluffing from an overzealous low-grade JW who wants to start a rumor to "scare" fence-sitters back into the "loving arms" of JW-dom.

    Too stupid of an idea to even rebut. Think about it for more than 3 seconds and you'll likely reach the same conclusion.

  • darwin
    darwin

    Splash Simon is already a millionaire he don't need watchtower moeny which is actually the rank and files money

  • AnnOMaly
    AnnOMaly

    the WTS pushed the issue to stop apostate talk and find out who are the ones who post anonymously and have them disfellowshipped. The WTS has finally reached an agreement with FB to enforce the true identity policy for anyone who wants to use facebook.

    Why would FB share any private information with the WTS? If no law has been broken - only a contravention of FB's own rules - FB would disable the account. WTS has no legal claim on private information.

    He said there is instructions that will be relayed to the Body of elders through the circuit overseers to review FB and youtube every week and they can count time for field service to see if any members in their congregation are posting negative information and to deal with such individuals judicially and get them out of the organization.

    As if the elders have enough hours in the day to snoop around searching through congo members' FB pages! Besides, if there was negative information on the WTS, do they think a JW will be dumb enough to post under their own name or not have the posts' visibility restricted?

    The email report doesn't ring true. Scaremongering.

  • StarTrekAngel
    StarTrekAngel

    Wow.. that would be a new low. However, wouldn't that be a bit of a risky move? Would exposing them to "apostate" videos be risking that they in turn would watch them and get awaken?

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