CEO Wanted playing cards ban the user from most platforms

You won’t find James Haar or the company he founded on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or other social media platforms. Why? In the wake of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Harr unveils a plan to sell a deck of playing cards with the CEOs’ faces on them. like detailed By the Electronic Frontier Foundation, online platforms systematically removed Harr and ComradeWorkWear from their services after the card was exposed.

There is a proud tradition in America of putting your political or military enemies on a deck of cards and selling them out to the people. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Defense Intelligence Agency Produced a deck of playing cards Which contains pictures, names, and identifying information about American targets in Iraq. You can buy the deck on Amazon now Made of giant bicycle playing cards.

Also on Amazon is a set of cards featuring Russian politicians and media figures dressed in prison uniforms. It’s called the “Hague Court” and it is It costs about $12. Where else on the Internet can you buy a set of “Most Wanted for COVID“, which includes luminaries like Anthony Fauci and CEOs Jeff Bezos, Jack Dorsey, and Mark Zuckerberg. Some lists also include “Most Wanted” phone numbers, email addresses, and social media links.

A generic list of CEOs on the cards, though? That was a bridge too far for some of these platforms.

Haar announced the group on December 14, 2024. An Archived version From ComradeWorkWear displays cards. The 52-card set contains a picture of the CEOs, the names of their companies, and a QR code that will take the curious to a page explaining why CEOs are evil. The back of the playing cards showed the silhouette of a target, the type sold in gun shops across the United States

Harr promoted the deck on his various social media platforms. The New York Post saw this and The story ran on the front page About the cards under “Whacked Deck”. “Twisted CEO Chase Card Game” on December 15.

On December 17, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch held up a copy of The Post During a press conference He condemned the deck of cards. “Yesterday, the New York Post reported that some extremist activists were distributing a deck of cards with other top executives wanted to be targeted for assassination,” she said. “These are the threats of violent, lawless mobs who trade their private security for the rule of law that protects us all.”

After the press conference, Haar began losing access to his personal and business social media accounts. His TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts have disappeared. YouTube tells users this is because this account is “violating our community guidelines.”

Haar did not receive many communications from the platforms he dealt with. On December 20, PayPal, Shopify, and Apple Pay cut it. According to the EFF, Shopify told him it was due to “offensive content” and that the decision was “made by our banking partners.”

Across social media, people openly discuss the deaths of people they hate. Luigi Mangione is being glorified, Ted Kaczynski is being praised, and people on both sides of the war between Russia and Ukraine are sharing horrific memes glorifying the violence. You can buy a deck of playing cards “Wanted Persons in Gaza” On Instagram. Shopify has stopped doing business with Harr but is still selling “COVID’s Most Wanted” kits, which include many of the same CEOs and their personal information.

Moderation is not evenly distributed.