Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI Revealed

Why did this fall of the front page so quickly? Older posts with less points are still there?

As this article is actually on-topic, then it’s most likely because it sows internal discord.

Like most minds, the HN hive mind prefers to deny and suppress in response to various forms of cognitive dissonance, such as that which arises when one’s actions (or inaction) contradict one’s stated beliefs or morals.

HN also isn’t one for conscious introspection (ie meta commentary). Your comment and my response are generally no-nos.

might have hit the flamewar filter? pushing it down the rankings? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22159031 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25871251)

Yup, I was wondering the same. It might the so called "flamefilter", yet, it's suspicious.

Flags will downrank posts without changing the score.