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Is "Statistics Shadowbanning" the Latest Big-Tech Salvo Against Conservatives?
Canada Free Press ^ | 10/22/18 | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 10/22/2018 12:36:16 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony

So that's Big Tech, advancing little minds and big lies--and inviting big destruction

With perhaps the most significant midterm election in decades nigh, big tech’s censorship of conservatives has kicked into high gear. And while Facebook’s recent purge of right-leaning pages is obvious and has made news, perhaps just as destructive is the stealth censorship. A good example may be the report of WordPress’ “statistics shadowbanning” of Whatfinger News.

Whatfinger is an increasingly popular news aggregator that is run by military veterans; it’s like a non-establishment version of Drudge, only more comprehensive, more conservative, and more interesting.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: bigtech; blogpimp; censorship; clickbait; facebook; fascistbook; markzuckerberg; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; pimpmyblog; presstitutes; shadowbanning; smearmachine; whatfinger; whatfingernews; wordpress; zuckerberg

1 posted on 10/22/2018 12:36:16 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Sean_Anthony.

2 posted on 10/22/2018 12:59:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Whatfinger has a confusing interface and layout - too difficult to find anything - they need to simplify like Drudge or FR.


3 posted on 10/22/2018 1:12:37 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Sean_Anthony

When is the President and our nutless reps going to start antitrust actions?


4 posted on 10/22/2018 1:52:29 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Sean_Anthony
...it’s like a non-establishment version of Drudge,

That line cracks me up. And there is much truth to it. Who'd uh thunk that the site that blew the lid off so many stories in the 1990s--including Monica's blue dress--would now be seen as an Establishment outfit?

5 posted on 10/22/2018 2:40:41 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Lysandru

He signalled it years ago under Obama. He tweeted that insiders had warned him Big Brother would shut him down. He was clearly scared.

He chose to play ball. The change started gradually after that. I gave up on him almost two years ago. (Also, his homoeroticism compromises his politics.)


6 posted on 10/22/2018 3:32:02 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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