their website ... their rules ”Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter now play this adjudicatory role on free speech,” said Andrew McLaughlin, a former top policy official at Google who later worked for the Obama White House as deputy chief technology officer.
On Oct 30, 8:29 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Dr. Eowyn posted: "Facebook is threatening to close Infowars' Alex > Jones' FB account over a completely innocuous Osama bin Laden image. FB, > however, has NEVER censored the Left. If Facebook can do it to Infowars, > they can do it to you, me, and Fellowship of the Minds! " Respond to > this post by replying above this line > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> Facebook > censors > Infowars<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/facebook-censors-in...> > by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> > > Facebook is threatening to close Infowars' Alex Jones' FB account over a > completely innocuous Osama bin Laden image. FB, however, has NEVER censored > the Left. > > If Facebook can do it to Infowars, they can do it to you, me, and > Fellowship of the Minds! > > H/t Tony Whitcomb > > See also my post of Oct. 4, 2011: "Apple, Google, Facebook censor > Christians.<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/apple-google-facebo...> > " > > *~Eowyn* > > <http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/censorship.jpg> > > Paul Joseph Watson reports for Infowars.com, October 29, 2012 > > Facebook Now Censoring Political Posts As ‘Hate > Speech’<http://www.infowars.com/facebook-now-censoring-political-posts-as-hat...> > > Facebook is now apparently censoring political posts which violate its > “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities” as hate speech, after the social > networking giant threatened to close radio host Alex Jones’ account over an > image of Osama Bin Laden with the words “Al-CIA-da” written underneath. > > Attempting to login to Alex Jones’ Facebook account, which has over 321,000 > subscribers, Infowars staff were met with a message from Facebook denying > access to the account until it was acknowledged that Facebook’s terms had > been violated. > > “We removed content you posted,” stated the message, underneath which was a > black and white image of Osama Bin Laden with the words “Al-CIA-da” > emblazoned across it. Facebook removed the image because it > “violatesFacebook’s Statement of Rights and > Responsibilities<http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms> > .” > > A secondary screen then warned that other infringing images should be > removed if the account was to remain in good standing. > > Since the image is not copyrighted, according to Facebook’s terms of > agreement one can only assume that it was removed because it represented an > example of “hate speech,” yet the picture was merely a commentary on the > admitted fact that Osama Bin Laden was aided by the > CIA<http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html> during > the cold war and that Al-Qaeda terrorists are now being > supported<http://www.infowars.com/new-york-times-weapons-going-to-al-qaeda-in-s...> > by > the Central Intelligence Agency in Syria and Libya. > > Facebook advertises and poses as a public commons yet, much like > Google-owned You > Tube<https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=you%2Btube%2Bcensors%2Binfowars&oq=...>, > routinely censors political content on flimsy pretexts. > > This is by no means the first time Facebook has shown its hostility towards > those with alternative political viewpoints. > > In September 2011, Infowars reporter Darrin McBreen was told by Facebook > staff not to voice his political > opinion<http://www.prisonplanet.com/infowars-reporter-warned-not-to-use-faceb...> > on > the social networking website. > > Responding to comments McBreen had made about off-grid preppers being > treated as criminals, the “Facebook Team” wrote, “Be careful making about > making political statements on facebook,” adding, “Facebook is about > building relationships not a platform for your political viewpoint. Don’t > antagonize your base. Be careful and congnizat (sic) of what you are > preaching.” > > The spelling error contained in the email suggested that Facebook staff had > specifically investigated McBreen’s political post and that he had not > merely received a boilerplate message. > > While the likes of Barack Obama <http://www.facebook.com/barackobama> and > Nancy > Pelosi <http://www.facebook.com/barackobama#%21/NancyPelosi> are free to > push their political agenda without interference, individuals are being > warned not to use Facebook even to express political opinions. > > Facebook is monitoring private discussions conducted on its network for > suspicious behavior and in some cases forwarding those conversations to > police<http://www.infowars.com/facebook-spies-on-chats-for-suspicious-behavior/> > with > scant regard for privacy rights. > > Earlier this year, former Marine Brandon Raub was kidnapped from his > home<http://www.infowars.com/marine-kidnapped-over-facebook-posts-i-am-sca...> > by > police, FBI and Secret Service agents and forcibly incarcerated in a > psychiatric ward by authorities in Virginia in response to Facebook posts > which the FBI deemed “terrorist” in nature yet which were later dismissed > by a judge. > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | > October 30, 2012 at 4:00 am | Tags: Al > Qaeda<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=al-qaeda>, > Alex Jones <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=alex-jones>, Brandon > Raub <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=brandon-raub>, Osa bin > Laden <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=osa-bin-laden> | > Categories: Islam <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=420>, > Liberals/Democrats/Left<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=115894710>, > Media <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=292>, > Obama<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=376320>, > persecution <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=79343>, > Terrorism<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=35034649>, > United States <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=5850> | > URL:http://wp.me/pKuKY-i8T > > Comment<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/facebook-censors-in...> > See all > comments<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/facebook-censors-in...> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cf...>. > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your > browser:http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/facebook-censors-in... > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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