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The Great Social Media Purge Has Begun, Right Before Midterms
IWB ^ | Chris Black

Posted on 10/12/2018 5:48:36 PM PDT by davikkm

Have you ever noticed that it’s only “alternative news” (as in non-establishment) outlets that get deplatformed by social media/payment processors/Internet domain registrars et al for spreading “fake news” and/or “hate speech”, whatever those Orwellian terms mean? And today, just in time for midterms, we got word that social media giants decided to engage in a final purge of dissenting voices on their so-called platforms. Because they are not platforms which allow free speech and a free flow of ideas,as per their initial claim, but something else, since they chose to editorialize content and to censor/ban whomever they see fit.

By the way, who died and put the Zuckerbergs of the world in charge over what is and what is not news and/or truth in the modern-day public square that is social media/the interwebz? Today, two of my bookmarked websites, the Anti-Media and the Free Thought Project, lost their Facebook/Twitter accounts in what looks like a coordinated attack (just like it was the case with Infowars and prior to them, the Daily Stormer):

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 911truther; blogpimp; blogtrash; blogtroll; dailystormer; pimpmyblog; socialmedia; zotme

1 posted on 10/12/2018 5:48:36 PM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Your a pipeline or a filter. Not both.


2 posted on 10/12/2018 6:10:30 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.B)
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To: wastoute

Why don’t the Koch Brothers pony up and fund an alternative search engine ?


3 posted on 10/12/2018 6:14:04 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: davikkm

If I send them my name can I just go anonymphs? (Sp)


4 posted on 10/12/2018 6:29:26 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: davikkm

Break them the eff up!!


5 posted on 10/12/2018 9:14:46 PM PDT by Phillyred
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