#Facebook reverses ban on posts claiming COVID was man-made

#Facebook reverses ban on posts claiming COVID was man-made

“#Facebook reverses ban on posts claiming COVID was man-made” Facebook will no longer remove posts on its platform asserting COVID-19 was man-made, a new report said, as President Biden on Wednesday ordered US intelligence agencies to investigate if the virus came from a Chinese lab. “In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19…

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#Facebook trying to censor COVID-19 vaccine skeptics: report

#Facebook trying to censor COVID-19 vaccine skeptics: report

“#Facebook trying to censor COVID-19 vaccine skeptics: report” Facebook is reportedly trying to silence COVID-19 vaccine skeptics by using an algorithm that targets and demotes their comments on the site, the latest in Big Tech’s woke censorship push. Two anonymous Facebook employees leaked internal memos to Project Veritas that purport to show that the social…

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#Pro-Palestine activists sink Facebook app store ratings

#Pro-Palestine activists sink Facebook app store ratings

“#Pro-Palestine activists sink Facebook app store ratings” Pro-Palestinian activists claim that Facebook is censoring their posts — and are sinking the social network’s app store ratings by leaving one-star reviews en masse.  The campaign, first reported by NBC News, comes amid an ongoing ceasefire agreement that Israel and Hamas brokered on Friday. As of Monday…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021” The Issue: A Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold the company’s ban on former President Donald Trump. The decision by Facebook to continue banning former President Donald Trump from the platform should scare every American (“FaceBlocked,” May 6). Censorship by social-media entities is the stuff of socialist…

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#The publishing industry has turned into modern-day book burners

#The publishing industry has turned into modern-day book burners

“#The publishing industry has turned into modern-day book burners” Serious accusations have been made against Blake Bailey, the author of an acclaimed new biography of Philip Roth. Bailey has not been convicted of anything, or even criminally charged, yet the book’s publisher, W.W. Norton, announced it was withdrawing the book from print. That doesn’t make…

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#Indian government asks Twitter to silence COVID criticism

#Indian government asks Twitter to silence COVID criticism

“#Indian government asks Twitter to silence COVID criticism” India has a new strategy for fighting its COVID-19 crisis — asking Twitter to take down the criticism of the government. Amid a record breaking surge in COVID-19 cases, the Indian government wants Twitter to remove posts criticizing its handling of the outbreak, according to a report….

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#Progressive figures work hand-in-hand with social media to silence opponents

#Progressive figures work hand-in-hand with social media to silence opponents

“#Progressive figures work hand-in-hand with social media to silence opponents” Just months after Facebook retaliated against the government of Australia by effectively canceling the flow of the country’s information, the company is at it again – this time, wielding its outsized power to shield progressive political figures from public criticism. Yesterday, Facebook’s nearly 3 billion…

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