Ariana Aboulafia writes that rather than aiding a culture of exclusion, tech platforms can use content moderation decisions to create safe spaces for all.
Many Germans did not want to be reminded of individuals who did not measure up to their concept of a “master race” and were considered “unfit” or “handicapped.” People with physical and mental disabilities were viewed as “useless” to society, a threat to Aryan genetic purity, and, ultimately, “unworthy of life.” At the beginning of World War II, individuals with mental or physical disabilities were targeted for murder in what the Nazis called the “T-4,” or “euthanasia,” program.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Murder of People with Disabilities