But China! Facebook Tries to Escape Regulation With Excuses
May 20th, 2019 11:24 AM
Facebook’s COO claims that breaking up the company will put America at a disadvantage to China. During a May 17 CNBC interview with Julia Boorstin, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg tried to dodge government regulation by appealing to American interests.
Women’s March Demands Twitter Suspend Trump for ‘Hate’
May 20th, 2019 10:20 AM
The Women’s March has a new agenda item: to delete all signs of President Donald Trump from social media. On May 20, the left-wing activist organization prepared 300,000 signatures as a petition to ban Trump, to be delivered at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco and New York City.
Facebook Suspends Owens After She Warns of Threat of Black Poverty
May 17th, 2019 1:56 PM
Not only is white supremacy banned on Facebook, but any sort of discussion about it from the right is also banned. Especially if you criticize the liberal narrative. Conservative commentator Candace Owens was recently handed a seven-day suspension from Facebook for a post that “violated Community Standards.” After a few hours, the account was restored.
Conservatives Call on Social Media: Clarify Hate Speech Rules
May 16th, 2019 2:06 PM
On Thursday, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell and other conservative leaders released the following joint letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. They described the “alarming rise of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic rhetoric in public discourse, especially online” and called for clarification on social media rules regarding hate speech policies.
White House Creates Tool to Report Tech Censorship
May 16th, 2019 11:03 AM
The White House has announced a new system that gives Americans the power to call out foul play by tech companies. As of May 15 it read, “SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH.” “Too many Americans have seen their accounts suspended, banned, or fraudulently reported for unclear ‘violations’ of user policies,” it continued before delivering a bipartisan message that freedom of…
Facebook Scrubs Criticism of Rep. Tlaib’s ‘Distortions'
May 15th, 2019 5:49 PM
Once again, Facebook’s liberal political tilt is showing. The platform has censored the latest blatant anti-semitic comments from Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Former Democrat New York state assemblyman Dov Hikind posted a video to Facebook of Tlaib’s interview with the Skullduggery podcast.
Free Speech! White House Refuses to Sign Censorship Call
May 15th, 2019 2:00 PM
The White House slammed both Google and Facebook over the First Amendment when it passed on a New Zealand plea for censorship of online content. The Washington Post reported that while other foreign powers sign on to the Christchurch Call to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online, the White House refused.
Democrats’ Newest Line: Break Up Or Regulate Facebook
May 14th, 2019 5:00 PM
In order to win the hearts and votes of liberals everywhere, Democratic presidential candidates are now saying that they will break up or regulate Facebook. After Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes wrote an May 9 op-ed calling for Facebook to be broken up and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to be removed, Democrats started echoing the sentiment.
You Can’t Watch This: New Documentary Exposes Online Censorship
May 14th, 2019 11:09 AM
An upcoming documentary will explore five people who have been shut down and silenced on social media. The official Twitter account @CensorshipMovie tweeted a trailer of the documentary May 12. The caption read: “Five high profile conservatives vanished from the internet overnight. Now, a major movie explores the wave of censorship silencing conservative voices.” This was paired with a #…
Farrakhan Slams ‘Satanic Jews’ After Facebook Ban
May 10th, 2019 1:56 PM
Facebook banned Rev. Louis Farrakhan for his rampant anti-Semitism. So how come the video of him speaking about “Satanic Jews” is still live on the platform? The leader of the Nation of Islam spoke in front of an audience at the Catholic Church of St. Sabina in Chicago.
Loomer Crashes Facebook HQ, Exposes Anti-Christian/Jewish Bias
May 7th, 2019 11:32 AM
Recently deplatformed activist Laura Loomer showed up to Facebook’s lobby, skewering the company for showing solidarity for everybody but Jewish and Christian people. A poster, possibly handmade by a local worker, hangs in the lobby right next to the entrance. It says “Take care of Muslim, Black, Women + Femmes, Queer, Latinx, Native, Immigrant, P.O.C, Trans, Disabled, Incarcerated, L.G.B.T.Q.+…
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CNN to Facebook and Twitter: Trump Is ‘Dangerous’ Too
May 6th, 2019 11:45 AM
CNN is ready to push Big Tech into banning President Donald Trump -- as a “dangerous” person. Facebook and Instagram banned six individuals and all links to conspiracy website InfoWars as “dangerous” last week.
Dear Facebook: Are Anti-ISIS Kurdish Freedom Fighters ‘Dangerous?’
May 3rd, 2019 4:16 PM
Facebook has a way of labelling and categorizing ideologies and individuals that it has banned. But how does it view other groups it hasn’t banished? On May 2, Facebook banned Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, Infowars’ Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, and a handful of others. These individuals and any links promoting them were banned from Facebook and Facebook’s…
Facebook Purges ‘Dangerous’ Farrakhan, Controversial Activists
May 3rd, 2019 10:14 AM
Instagram and its parent company Facebook have purged several what it called “extremist” figures ranging from controversial Jewish activist Laura Loomer to anti-Semitic hate preacher Rev. Louis Farrakhan. In the latest round of tech bans, Facebook and Instagram have deplatformed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Infowars, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Loomer and Farrakhan.
