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Friday, May 8, 2020

Wonder How Long It Will Be Before This Is Taken Down

FACEBOOK CENSORSHIP COUNCIL INCLUDES PRO-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ACTIVIST

So independent!

Facebook’s new censorship council, which will decide what content gets deleted from the website, includes a pro-Muslim Brotherhood Yemeni activist.
“The independent board, which will be able to overturn Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decisions on whether individual pieces of content should be allowed on Facebook and Instagram, is a high-profile response to criticism of how the social media company handles problematic content,” reported Channel News Asia.
The “oversight board” will include none other than Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman, the Yemeni woman who became one of the faces of the Arab Spring uprising in 2011.
Karman’s activism includes supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization that has been blamed for terrorist attacks.
Karman previously denounced arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members and opposed the move to bar the Muslim Brotherhood from participating in Egyptian politics.
In Yemen, the Muslim Brotherhood is led by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, a Sunni Islamist viewed by the United States as a “Bin Laden loyalist” and someone who is listed as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” by the US Treasury Department.
No doubt Karman’s tolerance for allowing criticism of Islam on Facebook’s platform will be in short supply.
As we highlighted earlier this week, another one of Facebook’s censorship czars is none other than anti-Trump Professor Pamela Karlan.
Karlan made a name for herself because of a rant at the impeachment hearings during which she made Barron Trump the punch line of a joke.
Karlan was also described by the New York Times as a “full-throated, unapologetic liberal torchbearer.”
These are the people who will be deciding whether your Facebook posts violate the social media network’s increasingly draconian rules.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr responded to the announcement of the oversight board by slamming it as a partisan fraud.
“Meet your new speech police,” said Carr. “Facebook now has an Oversight Board empowered to take down posts.”
“Gotta be non-partisan people, right? Nope! 1 is Pam Karlan: testified to impeach @POTUS, “baron” Trump line, Obama DOJ, & NYT calls ‘full-throated, unapologetic liberal torchbearer.'”
“Facebook’s decision undermines its claim that posts won’t be censored for partisan political reasons. Karlan testified that ‘President Trump must be held to account.’ She wrote *in 2016* that she felt ‘a responsibility to challenge [Trump] in the court of public opinion.'”
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Sunday, May 3, 2020

Twitter, Facebook And Other Social Media Are Very Anti-Free Speech


Candace Owens suspended by Twitter for encouraging Michigan residents to defy Dem gov's stay-at-home order

'I should be allowed to encourage lawful citizens to resume work'

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Candace Owens was suspended from Twitter over the weekend for encouraging Michigan residents to return to work in defiance of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order, the Washington Examiner reported.


"Apparently @GovWhitmer believes she is a duly elected dictator of a socialist country. The people of Michigan need to stand up to her. Open your businesses. Go to work," Owens tweeted. "The police think she's crazy too. They are not going to arrest 10,000,000 people for going to work."
Twitter said the tweet violated its platform guidelines, and it no longer appears on Owens's timeline. Twitter, however, did not specify which rule Owens broke.
Owens told the Washington Examiner:
I unequivocally stand by every single word of my tweet. If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can use Twitter's platform to encourage workers to walk out and boycott — I should be allowed to encourage lawful citizens to resume work. The only person breaking any laws is governor-turned-dictator Gretchen Whitmer, who is impoverishing millions, ignoring the votes of her state legislature, and as a result, rolling over the constitutionally protected rights of Michigan citizens.

Twitter was unable or unwilling to provide me with any specific rule that I violated, which is why I have appealed their decision. While I am not an expert on Twitter TOS, I cannot see how suggesting people ought to work would be a violation of anything other than socialist reverie
Social media platforms have been increasingly cracking down on people who advocate the defiance of stay-at-home orders.
YouTube has said it will remove content that goes against recommendations from the World Health Organization, while Facebook is re-directing users who interact with what they call "misinformation" to the WHO.



As of Saturday afternoon, Owens's Twitter account was still visible online, but she remained locked out, Mediate reported.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Wonder If We Will Go To Facebook Jail For Posting This Article


Pro-Israel Voices Are Being Locked In ‘Facebook Jail’

 
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Policing a community sounds like a good idea. But what sounds good in theory is not always so in practice. And in the case of the Facebook community, this device is being used as a cudgel against pro-Israel voices.
Zahava Englard Shapiro, a staunch pro-Israel activist and past executive director of One Israel Fund, told The Jewish Press that Facebook has banned her for allegedly offensive posts so often that she “can’t even keep track as to how many times.”
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“The most outrageous time,” she said, “was when Facebook sent me a notice about a post I had written three years before where I referenced Arab Muslim terrorism, stating a factual account. They claimed it did not conform to community standards, which is the same type of message I receive each time I am banned.”
According to Statista, Facebook currently has 2.2 billion active monthly users, making it the most popular social media platform worldwide. Anyone on Facebook can report a post for including hate speech, fake news, or content related to violence, harassment, or terrorism.
If Facebook administrators believe a post violates the company’s standards, it places its author in “Facebook jail.” Access to his account is then either limited or completely blocked for up to 30 days at a time. Opportunities for redress are few to non-existent.
“I tried to fight the charges, but to no avail. My account was locked for three days,” said Izzy (Yisroel) Weiss regarding a post he wrote in response to a woman promoting BDS. Weiss, who works for former Assemblyman Dov Hikind in Brooklyn, said he has been put in Facebook jail on four different occasions.
“Facebook is a partisan platform,” he asserted. “They do not cater to those whose views they do not align with. It is very clear that on the Israeli-Palestinian issue they are clearly on the side of the Palestinian cause.”
“The truth apparently goes against Facebook’s community standards,” said Shapiro. But “Facebook has no problem allowing Jew-hating posts and pages that clearly explain – with diagrams – how to murder a Jew. Somehow, that isn’t contrary to Facebook community standards,” she said.
Alan Silver – who lives in Telzstone just outside of Jerusalem and runs a pro-Israel Facebook group with over 9,400 members – said he has been blocked “at least 15 times” since joining Facebook. He believes he has “been a target by organized Muslim groups” that bombard Facebook with complaints.
Dr. Elana Heideman, executive director of the Jerusalem-based The Israel Forever Foundation, told The Jewish Press that “Facebook jail represents two specific dangers to the ability to defend Israel in social media. First, it denies the right to freedom of speech specifically of those advocating for Jewish rights in Israel.
“Second, it indicates that there is a targeting system at work that is attempting to silence the voices of those advocates. Much like we see on campuses and in general social discussions, Facebook jail – like any blacklist or other means of censorship – is a perceived risk to potential activists who share their voice.”
She added, “Talking about Israel requires courage, confidence and resolve…. Knowing you can be ‘digitally jailed’ makes it harder for individuals to reach a wider audience and for organizations to increase their impact.”
Some are also hurt financially. Avi Abelow, executive director of the 12Tribe Films, told The Jewish Press that his pro-Israel company was removed from a Facebook platform that allows providers to earn revenue from advertisements. “This was a serious financial hit,” he said.
Abelow tried to get reinstated but ran up against a brick wall. “They are not transparent and are very unhelpful,” he said. “When they removed us from their mobile platform, we asked why in the appeal process. They just sent a formal response with a link to a standards document of tens of pages. No indication of what you did wrong and what you have to fix, just a generic ‘against our standards’ message with no assistance to know what to fix in order to be able to return to the platform.”
Not one to sit and complain, Abelow decided to fight back. “We started an initiative called ‘Don’t Shut Us Up,’” he said. Located online at dontshutusup.com, it is a “fast-growing, grassroots, international movement that uses social media, short video updates, petitions and PR to fight those who are silencing legitimate opinions online,” he said.
Abelow and his team are currently “compiling a list of all the cases of censorship” on social media to be followed by a push for action. They are asking anyone who experienced or knows about incidents of online censorship to contact them.
Facebook did not respond to numerous requests for comment for this story.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Censorship Of Conservatives Continues And Is Gaining Speed

CENSORED: LAURA LOOMER ADDRESSES TWITTER BAN IN STATEMENT

‘I am just one example of someone who has been banned for discussing issues on social media that big tech companies have deemed as untouchable,’ she says

My name is Laura Loomer. As many of you may have heard, I was permanently banned from Twitter for life on November 21, 2018, and then I was banned for 30 days from Facebook less than 24 hours later, in another example of collusion by tech giants to censor conservative voices.
What was my offense?
Did I spew hateful, violent rhetoric towards anyone as we frequently see leftist celebrities and politicians do online?
Nope.
Did I post racist comments or call for genocide against a group of people?
Nope.
Did I incite a riot or call for the President to be assassinated, like Leftists often do on Twitter?
Nope.
I merely shared a fact. Yes, the truth can now get you banned for life from the Internet, in America, the land of the free, and the only country with a First Amendment right.
The tweet that Twitter decided to ban me for was a tweet full of facts about Sharia law. It was a tweet directed at Ilhan Omar, a newly elected Congresswoman, a politician, a public figure, which pointed out that her support of Sharia law does not make her an ally for gay people, women, or Jews, as Twitter would like you to believe.
This is the tweet that earned me a lifetime ban. Is this “hateful conduct,” as Twitter accused me of practicing?
You decide.
As a journalist, I always ask questions and seek the truth. As an American, I have been granted free speech protections under the First Amendment to express myself as a citizen; and member of the press.
I want to know why Ilhan Omar supports brutal and un-American things like Sharia, which supports female genital mutilation, the killing of homosexuals, and abuse and oppression of women. I want to know why she hates Israel and why she makes so many anti-Jewish statements. I want to know why she refused to condemn HAMAS, which is a designated Islamic terrorist organization. All of these behaviors are supported in Islam and enforced under Sharia law, which is Islamic law.
Given that Ilhan Omar is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, and given that her use of Sharia in her own life through the hijab was a recent national debate that resulted in a Congressional rule change regarding headwear in Congress, all of my comments and questions are relevant. My tweet was not malicious. It was not hateful, but even if it was, the First Amendment in this country allows me to say it, no matter how offensive it may be to some.
As Milo Yiannopoulos (another conservative banned by Twitter) stated about my suspension:
“It’s not how right-wing you are. What matters is how effective you become. The more people you convert and the more hypocrisy you expose, the bigger the target on your back. That’s why I was the first to go. And that’s how you know this isn’t accidental: it’s political warfare.”
Within the last few months, my videos have been highly effective in damaging the Left and its agenda. In the month prior to the election, I successfully confronted Leftists and jihadis including Michael Avenatti, Andrew Gillum, Tim Kaine, Stacey Abrams, Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib. My most recent viral video caused multiple Women’s March leaders to disavow Linda Sarsour.
In other words, I pose a huge threat to Leftists, and they have been desperate to shut me down and silence me.
Twitter claims to have a terms of service that outlines what behavior is and isn’t appropriate, but it is evident they selectively choose how to enforce their rules.
Look at who else has been banned. Not the Nazis. Not the terrorist organizations. Not the racists. Not the violent members of ANTIFA. Not the world dictators. They’re all still on Twitter, and many of them are still verified. Who has Twitter banned? The popular, influential conservative and libertarian voices including myself, Chuck Johnson, Milo Yiannopoulos, Roger Stone, Alex Jones, Gavin McInnes, Tommy Robinson, John Guandolo, and Jesse Kelly.
I’m flattered to join the club. It means they are afraid of me.
Sadly, as many whom I have just listed demonstrate, I am not the first effective Conservative on social media to be silenced and censored. Nor will I be the last. I am just one example of someone who has been banned for discussing issues on social media that big tech companies have deemed as untouchable. All across the world, people are being silenced, censored, and even jailed for having online discussions about Islam, immigration, jihad, and Sharia. I was banned for posting facts about Islam. In other words, non-Muslims are being subjected to Islamic blasphemy laws on social media, progressively.
Why is that?
Put simply, Twitter is funded by Saudi Arabia and thus their terms of service policies are pro-Sharia and anti-First Amendment. This is why Twitter keeps banning conservatives. I am not the first nor will I be the last. If you believe in the First Amendment and free speech, then you, too, could be next.
Right now, Twitter, Facebook, Google and Apple think they are too big to be stopped, but that is not true. If Constitutionalists stand together and unite, we can stop all of this censorship. If we do not allow for both sides of the political spectrum to be heard, we will quickly become a totalitarian state. This is how tyranny begins: not with screams and bloodshed, but with compliance and silence.
But, for those of you who know me, I will not be silenced! I will not go quietly into that good night.
This is not just about me, either. This is much bigger than any individual. It’s about all of us. It’s about the First Amendment, free speech, monopolistic practices, and the use of corporate totalitarianism as a form of political warfare.
We need free speech in order to discuss and even debate all ideas. That’s what has made America the greatest country in the world. Look what is happening to our brothers and sisters in the rest of the civilized West. People in the UK cannot question anything about Islam or the government without fearing their doors being broken down and getting arrested. Look what they are doing to Tommy Robinson, who as a concerned father was just trying to bring attention to a widespread ring of rape gangs that have been confirmed in courts around the UK. He was sent to prison for wrong-think, where he was tortured, starved, and subjected to abuse by Muslim gangs.
Prior to my permanent ban by Twitter on Wednesday, I was suspended for one week. But, not just any week. I was suspended the week prior to the midterm elections, which prevented me as an investigative journalist from posting and sharing my videos and written investigative reports about several Democrats who were running for office, with my nearly 265,000 followers. Why did Twitter suspend me for one week? They said it was because I called Linda Sarsour “vile.”. You know, the rabid Jew-hating Muslim activist who has used her Twitter to attack Jews and promote Sharia. The woman who has praised HAMAS, argued that “Jews should not be humanized,” and whose mentor, Siraj Wahhaj, is a co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Yet, as you can probably guess, Linda Sarsour is still on Twitter. She has never been unverified. And she has never once been suspended for her actual hateful comments. Neither has her mentor Siraj Wahhaj. He is still allowed on Twitter. And yes, so is her other mentor, Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam who recently tweeted, “I’m not anti-Semite. I’m anti-termite”.
In case you were wondering, Louis Farrakhan’s tweet was not deemed a violation of Twitter’s terms of service, despite the fact that it actually is hateful, as opposed to my tweet.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I was banned right after I caught Michael Avenatti being aggressive on film, and right after I released a video that forced celebrities to start disavowing the Women’s March. I trod on the third rail of Twitter politics: criticizing Islam. You can’t do that without risking a ban. I’m sure this has absolutely nothing to do with Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal owning so much Twitter stock. The Saudi billionaire doubled his stake in Twitter in 2015.
Tech giants like Twitter and Facebook have interfered with U.S. elections far more than the Russians ever did. They have banned, shadow-banned, and silenced countless conservatives–especially those with large audiences in an act of political warfare since the Democrats’ devastating loss in the 2016 election when Donald J Trump was elected.
The results of the social media censorship of conservatives and the non-stop cyber-political warfare were evident in the results of the midterm elections. Democrats regained the House and nearly the Senate too, but they were unsuccessful in their last-minute efforts to steal seats in several states including Florida and Georgia.
The midterms may be over, but Twitter, Facebook, Google, and YouTube continue to censor and ban conservatives, libertarians and anyone who supports the President, every day. They will not stop with me. You are next.
In fact, I warned about this in September during the Congressional hearings regarding social media when Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress. I confronted Dorsey on September 5, 2018 during the Twitter hearing regarding social media censorship when he lied to Congress and said Twitter doesn’t censor Conservatives. I made a personal plea to President Trump, and warned him that big tech would continue to censor and ban all of his supporters in an attempt to influence the midterm and Presidential elections.
Despite being banned by Twitter and Facebook, I will be launching more accounts on numerous different platforms. I now have accounts on pro free speech sites Gab, Minds.com, and Bitchute.com, which will host all of my videos. I also still have my YouTube channel, for now.
As for all the leftist media outlets that have been lying about me and calling a proud Jewish woman a member of the “far right,” “Alt-Right,”and a “Nazi,” I will be suing each and every one of you for libel and slander. I will fight for the First Amendment and we will fight those who wish to destroy my good name with lies and smears. Regarding the issue of social media censorship, my team and I are prepared to go all the way to the Supreme Court. We will also prepare for a massive class action lawsuit that includes many other conservatives and libertarians who’ve been banned and silenced by big tech, while allowing leftists and jihadis to get away with much worse offenses, including death threats against President Donald Trump. Many of the verified Leftists on Twitter have called for violence, assassination, and even genocide against those they dislike, and yet they are never banned or suspended. Most of these Leftists accounts that are in violation of Twitter’s terms of service have gone unpunished, and they remain verified!
Speaking of verification, I will show how the banning of my account was a planned, orchestrated operation as twitter first removed my verification status, bragged about it on hidden camera in a Project Veritas expose, and then banned me for life for simply speaking out about Jew hatred, FGM, homophobia, and Sharia law.
This legal fight will not be cheap, so please continue supporting my independent journalism so I can continue exposing big tech, making my LOOMERED videos, investigating and reporting on stories the mainstream media doesn’t want to touch, and fighting censorship and Leftist political warfare.
This is not about me. It’s about us. It’s about free speech, and it’s about ending all censorship. WE must fight big tech together to preserve our Constitutional rights. Together, we will win.
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This article first appeared on lauraloomer.us