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Facebook: ‘Jesus’ violates community standards, ‘looks like spam’
Conservative Firing Line ^ | September 29, 2018 | Joe Newby

Posted on 09/29/2018 10:47:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Incidents like this are the reason Facebook was once called the “world’s most dangerous censor.” On Saturday, we received word from an administrator of the Facebook page “Warriors for Christ” that a post which simply said “Jesus” was yanked by the social media giant with a statement that it violated their nebulous community standards and “looks like spam.”

This is the notification the administrator received:

JesusRich Penkoski, the West Virginia-based pastor who heads up the online ministry, reached out to Facebook for an explanation.

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“Please explain how the name Jesus goes against your community standards,” he said in an email obtained by the Conservative Firing Line.

So far, there has been no response.

Incidents like this are the reason activist Chris Sevier drafted the Stop Social Media Censorship Act, a measure that would give users of big social media sites like Facebook a private right of action in the event of political or religious censorship.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: facebook; internet; technotyranny

1 posted on 09/29/2018 10:47:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

But then the picture of a shovel full of ashes with the title “How to pick up Jewish chicks” was all oaky with FB.


2 posted on 09/29/2018 10:49:08 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

Why does anyone on FR, or even on the “right” even go to this stupid webpage?


3 posted on 09/29/2018 10:53:40 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Celerity

Go there or not, just don’t come here and bitch about it. Nobody here can do a thing about FB.


4 posted on 09/29/2018 10:55:40 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: SkyDancer

Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian thug.


5 posted on 09/29/2018 11:04:33 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How about creating a page “Allahu akhbar kill Christians with knives and bombs” It will immediately be promoted and shown to all who log on.


6 posted on 09/29/2018 11:08:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: Celerity

I don’t - quit it years ago; not even on LinkedIn.


7 posted on 09/29/2018 11:17:36 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

others can flag posts, right? probably Soros + companies.


8 posted on 09/29/2018 1:36:17 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And Satan looks like Zuckerberg.


9 posted on 09/29/2018 5:03:42 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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