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Facebook escalates censorship of left-wing, anti-war organizations
World Socialist Web Site ^ | August 23, 2018 | Andre Damon

Posted on 08/24/2018 6:48:35 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina

One year ago this week, the World Socialist Web Site published an open letter to search monopoly Google demanding that it end its censorship of the internet.

The letter documented that a change in Google’s search algorithms that the company claimed was aimed at promoting “authoritative” news sources had led to a substantial decline in search traffic to left-wing, socialist and anti-war sites. Google, the letter from WSWS International Editorial Board Chairperson David North stated, was “engaged in political censorship of the Internet.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: censorship; facebook; google; newmedia; socialmedia
Leftist loonies also impacted by social media censorship.
1 posted on 08/24/2018 6:48:35 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: TexasKamaAina

Cool. FB will find a way to offend everyone.


2 posted on 08/24/2018 6:49:25 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.


3 posted on 08/24/2018 6:51:02 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: TexasKamaAina
Leftist loonies also impacted by social media censorship.

Highly publicized only so zuckerberg and Facebook can claim no political bias as they continue to aggressively censor Conservatives.

4 posted on 08/24/2018 6:55:47 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ('DEPLORABLE' Charter Member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - and DAMN Proud of it!.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

SO glad I’ve never used or had a fb account.....SO glad.


5 posted on 08/24/2018 6:56:04 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Low hanging fruit to mask their true intent.


6 posted on 08/24/2018 6:59:51 AM PDT by TADSLOS (1. DonÂ’t Forget Nothing.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Why use FB at all? Live the uncluttered life facebookless days and hours....you would be amazed at what has been missing....getting a life is a beautiful thing!


7 posted on 08/24/2018 6:59:55 AM PDT by yoe
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To: TexasKamaAina
If they want Facebook to be vanilla, then just make it a rule that all political discussion and political topics are not allowed on Facebook. People will go elsewhere with their political discourse, and Facebook can be a social and business network only. Otherwise, let all political discussion on Facebook. Censorship is always going to be biased in some manner.
8 posted on 08/24/2018 7:00:11 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: TexasKamaAina

Those whacky Socialists are too ignorant to understand the market or the First Amendment.

More specifically, it is Facebook’s responsibility to take measures which enhance the value of their company, and under no cognizant interpretation of the First Amendment does it specify that a media company (a press), must publish all views.


9 posted on 08/24/2018 7:01:10 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: TexasKamaAina

Delusion, or a lie.


10 posted on 08/24/2018 7:20:52 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media deliberately and intentionally chooses to lie, with full awareness and knowledge.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

They will come after “right wing” antiwar organizations and private citizens as well.


11 posted on 08/24/2018 7:21:35 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior

Yup. We need to defend the First Amendment rights of Socialists if we expect to preserve them for ourselves.


12 posted on 08/24/2018 8:34:19 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: TexasKamaAina

social media is just the start

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/23/david-horowitz-visa-mastercard-cut-off-payments-to-my-think-tank-based-on-splc-hate-group-label/

David Horowitz: Visa, Mastercard Cut Off Payments to My Think Tank Based on SPLC ‘Hate Group’ Label


13 posted on 08/24/2018 10:33:40 AM PDT by edzo4 ("Well I truly would be thrilled if all/most of the Q stuff turns out to be real")
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To: GSWarrior
They will come after “right wing” antiwar organizations and private citizens as well.

Yes. I don't doubt their claims regarding censorship. The objective is to narrow all political discourse down to a limited range of opinions and analysis that do not threaten the deep state globalists.

14 posted on 08/24/2018 4:33:13 PM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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