‘Prince of Pot’ Marc Emery was banned from Facebook on Friday. The 30-day ban coincides with the entire election cycle in which Emery is running as a candidate for the People’s Party of Canada in London North Centre.
Researchers Claim Facebook Threatened To Sue Them Unless They Shut Down Project
Researchers studying Instagram’s algorithm said they were forced to shut down their project after Facebook threatened to sue them.
AlgorithmWatch, a German research and advocacy organization, issued a statement Friday alleging Facebook had threatened it with legal action. The group was researching Instagram’s news feed algorithm by recruiting volunteers to install a browser extension that automatically scraped their Instagram newsfeed data.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Planting The First Church Of The Metaverse
The Church of Facebook is set to capture the human soul in silicon. On July 25, the New York Times reported that since 2017 the social media giant has quietly cultivated exclusive partnerships with select religious communities. As always, money is involved.
While Facebook’s ultimate goals remain sealed behind non-disclosure agreements, the Times article does hint at things to come: “The company aims to become the virtual home for religious community, and wants churches, mosques, synagogues and others to embed their religious life into its platform, from hosting worship services and socializing more casually to soliciting money.”
Facebook Rejects Illinois Police Association’s Post for “Officer of the Year,” Claiming Sensitive Racial Issues
Not all heroes wear capes, and some of them don’t look like we think.
Facebook cannot abide by this. In their version of the world, heroes to be honored must fit their goals of intersectionality and racial equity. Especially if the hero happens to be a police officer. That’s already far enough out of their paradigm; but when the officer is white? Well…
Facebook blocks woman’s ‘why are men so dumb’ comment as ‘hate speech’
A Detroit woman said she was temporarily banished from Facebook for “hate speech” after participating in a time-honored tradition: commenting on a meme labeling the opposite sex as “dumb.”
“At first I thought it was a joke [and] I’m like yeah right I’m blocked … what?” Candace King told Fox News of her social media timeout, which allegedly occurred after she participated in a thread entitled “why men are so dumb.”
The Social Justice Network
Facebook announces sweeping new restrictions on criticism of protected groups.
The battle over permissible speech in American society was helpfully, and predictably, elaborated by Facebook last week in an update to its “hate speech” rules. The social media giant’s changes are a signal of the new limits being placed on political expression and the freedom of the mind. Other major American institutions are almost sure to follow its lead.
Facebook Censorship Board Member: Free Speech Is Not A Human Right
Free speech is not a human right, according to prominent Facebook censorship board member Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
“What we’re trying to find, of course, I think many of us engaging in this conversation, is that middle road. How do you moderate content and how do you find that balance between human rights and free speech, which is a human right, but also other human rights because free speech is not an absolute human right,” the Facebook Oversight Board co-chair said during a live stream of Politico’s Tech 28 spotlight.
The Campaign Against ‘Extremism’ Looks Like an Attack on Speech
Some Facebook users have recently received warnings about “extremism” and offers of help for those with acquaintances attracted to “extremist” ideas. It’s part of an international push to discourage and restrict communications considered radical and hateful. While often couched in concern about the potential for violence, this effort looks increasingly like a scheme to narrow the boundaries of acceptable discussion and muzzle speech that makes the powers-that-be uncomfortable.
Facebook’s Latest Warning to Users Is Creeping People Out
As part of their strategy to combat “extremism,” Facebook is issuing a new warning to users about “harmful” content an individual may have been exposed to. They’re also urging users to turn in others they suspect of being extremists.
h/t Mauser
Groundbreaking decision: Texas Supreme Court rules against Facebook in teen sex trafficking lawsuits
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Facebook can be held liable for sex traffickers who use the social media platform to recruit and prey on children. The court ruled in favor of three Houston civil actions involving teenage sex trafficking victims. All three victims said they met their traffickers through Facebook’s messaging functions.
Mad Max Censored
YouTube took down one of our videos about a freedom rally last week. Twitter keeps shadow banning this account. And now the censors at Facebook are warning users about our content. Did they all get orders from Ottawa to silence me and the PPC? pic.twitter.com/jPcQLetGy2
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) June 22, 2021
Can’t make it up
Can’t make it up. @facebook is censoring the @who recommendation that people under 18 not be vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/pYCUBUTsqO
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) June 22, 2021
Postmedia publishes open letter to Trudeau demanding action on tech giants: ‘All we’ve gotten is talk’
The National Post and many other papers owned by Postmedia published an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, calling for action against the “predatory monopoly practices of Google and Facebook against Canadian news media.”
America’s Overdue to Unfriend Mark Zuckerberg
The tech boss is finally being recognized as the American villain he is, rather than the folk hero he’s tried to present himself as.
Many have understandably applauded Facebook’s decision to ban former President Donald Trump from the site for the next two years, but the ability of a company to decide who should be in the public square, which the social network has effectively become, raises troubling questions about the future of our tattered democracy.
The decision was announced by Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom who’s now the vice president of global affairs at the social network, but there’s no question that the final call here belonged to Facebook’s co-founder, chairman, CEO, and controlling stockholder.
(A little surprised this is from the Daily Beast – Go incognito)
CAUGHT: Dr. Fauci Conspired With Mark Zuckerberg to Push COVID Fear Porn Before 2020 Election
During one email exchange between the pair in Feb. 2020, Zuckerberg asked Fauci about the best ways he could help with the synthesising and mass distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, offering to throw unlimited money at the project via his foundation.