Okay, I admit that it is disconcerting and would seem to be just one more attempt by those on the left to show their "kinder, gentler, more enlightened" superiority......And this is reason for concern.
I stand corrected. Nevertheless, Bruce you are a classic example of NOT being sanctioned or in any way restricted by FaceBook. With all due respect, you must place at least twenty to fifty politically inspired messages a day on your FaceBook page, all with a conservative-libertarian slant. I don't want to see Alex Jones' right to free speech restricted.....I still think he's a crackpot. On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:16 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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