{"id":389257,"date":"2022-01-04T06:33:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T03:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T06:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T03:33:04","slug":"facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook shut down our hopes for an anti-woke book world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4174cc21bfc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4174cc21bfc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world\/#Marketing_shut_down\" >Marketing shut down<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world\/#Burning_desire\" >Burning desire\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> shut down our hopes for an anti-woke book world<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The books I want to buy for my children, books like the ones I was raised on, are no longer on the market. Children are now bombarded with mind-numbing, repetitive, didactic woke indoctrination. These books don\u2019t even tell stories anymore. They teach children to hate their country and themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heroes of Liberty, my new children\u2019s-book company for which I\u2019m editing, was created to give parents an alternative. We can\u2019t take back the schools overnight, but we can start taking back the bookshelves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We decided to build a community on Facebook to share our message and market our books to like-minded parents. Parents who might be interested in wholesome stories about Ronald Reagan, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Thomas Sowell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But then <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/facebook-permanently-locks-conservative-childrens-book-publisher-heroes-liberty\">Facebook decided to snuff out<\/a> our little enterprise. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently, an illustrated biography celebrating the achievements of President Reagan is no longer permissible according to our Big Tech cultural overlords. They have informed us that our content is \u201cdisruptive\u201d and locked our ad account, our data banks, our digital assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They sunk our investment just like that, with a curt e-mail message. We appealed and were informed that the decision is final and permanent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12657131a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Facebook logo on a phone being held in front of a Christmas tree.\" class=\"wp-image-20703747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12657131a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12657131a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12657131a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/12657131a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The publisher\u2019s account was shut down just days before Christmas, when it was in the midst of ramping up advertisements.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Filip Radwanski\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marketing_shut_down\"><\/span>Marketing shut down<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The best way we thought we could find and serve families that share our vision is by building a relationship. And what is the best place to create and nurture relationships in the 21st century? The biggest social network in the world. We poured most of our marketing budget into building communities on Facebook and Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But then, days before Christmas, we had the brakes put on our entire plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our ads weren\u2019t flashy or exciting; one of the most popular ones read, \u201cChristmas is here, and it\u2019s the perfect time to celebrate with your children. Celebrate family, celebrate freedom, celebrate America. And meet the PERFECT celebration bundle!\u201d We included photos of the book bundle and figurines, with promises of free shipping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_editorial_10292078a_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy.\" class=\"wp-image-20703785\" width=\"315\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_editorial_10292078a_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=628 630w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_editorial_10292078a_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=471 472w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_editorial_10292078a_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=315 315w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_editorial_10292078a_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=157 157w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/shutterstock_editorial_10292078a_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\"\/><figcaption>Former President Ronald Reagan was one of the biographical subjects the publishing house wrote about that came under fire.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Your standard stuff in the run-up to Christmas \u2014 you see advertisements like it all over the Internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Except Facebook decided to shut ours down. They deemed our ads \u201cdisruptive content\u201d and permanently disabled our account. With that, we were no longer allowed to advertise, and our assets \u2014 our content on our page \u2014 were disabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cdisruptive\u201d part was found in the comments on our posts about our books, with Facebook users objecting to our promotion of individuals they found worthy of cancellation. They likely reported our content en masse, triggering Facebook\u2019s censors. The same mob that tears down statues in the real world finds the online equivalent in reporting content that is not for his radical taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One comment read, \u201cYou do know that your hero Regan illegally supported the reigns of dictators in Central America?\u201d Another user remarked, \u201cI am conflicted. My respect for the 1st Amendment says they should be allowed to publish this twaddle \u2014 but my sense of decency is telling me to buy these books just to burn them. Maybe burn the Barrett book twice due to cellular level evil.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Burning_desire\"><\/span>Burning desire\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They didn\u2019t manage to burn our books, but they did figure out how to figuratively burn a burgeoning book publisher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We used to criticize Facebook for censoring conservatives\u2019 opinions. Now it seems like it censors everything that is not woke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Writing on Twitter about our situation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) opined, \u201cWhen conservatives start independent publishing outlets and platforms, #BigTech companies like Facebook now work to destroy them. This latest example is particularly galling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Polaris07319057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ted Cruz speaks into a microphone and points into the distance.\" class=\"wp-image-20703754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Polaris07319057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Polaris07319057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Polaris07319057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Polaris07319057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Cruz came to the defense of the publishing company, saying \u201cBig Tech\u201d tries to stifle conservatives\u2019 voices.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Polaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We aren\u2019t destroyed, but this move has seriously undercut our ability to market our books to a community that we worked hard to find and cultivate \u2014 and it\u2019s also a financial setback. But there are some things even Facebook can\u2019t undo. In the last two months we found that we have an audience that ordered tens of thousands of books and came back to tell us \u2014 in so many ways \u2014 that they are as passionate about our mission as we are.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Book banning and burning have been a popular strategy among authoritarians for hundreds of years. Authoritarians know that controlling the written word and ideologically capturing a generation is the best way to ideologically brainwash a society. Over the course of the last decade, we\u2019ve seen how woke ideologues have taken over the publishing industry and Big Tech, trying to influence a future generation of Americans with radical content.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They told us: If you don\u2019t like it, do your own thing. Well, we did our own thing, and they tried to take us down. But we are not going away, and we invite you to get off Facebook, find us, join our journey and help create an alternative to the woke culture that Big Tech is trying to force on our bookshelf and eventually our kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter and Instagram: \u00ad@bethanyshondark<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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