{"id":428027,"date":"2022-04-07T02:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T23:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/blm-shows-how-liberals-weaponize-social-media-censorship\/"},"modified":"2022-04-07T02:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T23:48:51","slug":"blm-shows-how-liberals-weaponize-social-media-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blm-shows-how-liberals-weaponize-social-media-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"#BLM shows how liberals weaponize social media censorship"},"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-6a3ca6a681576\" 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-6a3ca6a681576\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blm-shows-how-liberals-weaponize-social-media-censorship\/#%E2%80%9CBLM_shows_how_liberals_weaponize_social_media_censorship%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;BLM shows how liberals weaponize social media censorship&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBLM_shows_how_liberals_weaponize_social_media_censorship%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;BLM shows how liberals weaponize social media censorship&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The talking points have <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 gone out, and it is now OK for the mainstream press to gently criticize the Black Lives Matter movement. Accordingly, New York magazine has issued a critique of BLM\u2019s financial management \u2014 particularly, the organization\u2019s purchase in 2020 of a $6 million, 6,500 square foot house in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Almost exactly a year ago, the New York Post reported on the purchase of four other multi-million dollar high-end homes by BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors. The story described the homes no differently than it would any other celebrity home purchase. All the information contained in the article was gleaned from public records, including the photos. No addresses were listed.<\/p>\n<p>But within days, users on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> were banned from sharing the story \u2014 on the platform itself, on Facebook messenger, and on Instagram, which Facebook owns. Despite the fact that all the information discussed was a matter of public record, Facebook flagged the article for violating their community standards, specifically the \u201cprivacy and personal information policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year later, Facebook (now Meta) still classifies the story as \u201cabusive\u201d and prevents it from being shared on its platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Now we know why.<\/p>\n<p>Buried in New York magazine\u2019s reporting is this little nugget: \u201cOther conversations on the BLM Security Hub chat show efforts to monitor social media for negative mentions of [the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation], with members using their influence with the platforms to have such remarks removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A Facebook logo.\" class=\"wp-image-21810485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Big Tech platforms such as Facebook have proven to favor liberal politicians and thinking while shunning conservative media.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Thomas Trutschel\/Photothek via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other words, BLM appears to have lobbied Facebook to have the New York Post story blocked from circulation for no other reason than it could be used to criticize them. And, because BLM is politically powerful, politically favored, and revered by America\u2019s elite, Facebook agreed. And not only that, but Facebook, in continuing to ban circulation of the story, is still running cover for a BLM movement, even as it faces legal and tax inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Like most of Big Tech\u2019s censorship decisions, it is self-evident that Facebook\u2019s reasoning in banning circulation of the Post\u2019s story is absurd. The platform did not, for example, ban the circulation of stories which quoted amply from secret recordings made of Melania Trump \u2014 actual privacy violations. Nor do they censor <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories containing leaked details of personal tax filings.<\/p>\n<p>But consistency isn\u2019t the point. Leading Democrats have proven time and again that they know Big Tech is a willing partner in their partisan efforts to silence criticism and dissent. Twitter\u2019s new \u201cSafety Mode\u201d is already auto-blocking criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez frequently complains to Twitter when hashtags critical of her begin to trend \u2014 and calls it \u201cmisinformation\u201d when her own tweets come back to bite her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a re-election campaign rally in the Bronx.\" class=\"wp-image-21810483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims Twitter is spreading \u201cmisinformation\u201d about her radical tweets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steve Sanchez\/Pacific Press\/Shutterstock <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed a similar strategy when, fed up with former President Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric, she didn\u2019t write an op-ed or attempt to persuade voters \u2014 she called on Big Tech to ban him, permanently.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that Naral Pro-Choice America complained to Google that the company\u2019s search results were turning up too many websites for crisis pregnancy centers \u2014 organizations which support and counsel women toward keeping their pregnancies. In response, Google updated its advertising policies related to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, like other Big Tech platforms, willingly abets the \u201ccriticism as abuse\u201d narrative from public figures and organizations who, by virtue of their prominence, face public critique. This allows left-wing actors to weaponize the biggest speech platforms in the world in their favor. In the case of BLM, Facebook played a direct role in shielding the organization from the accountability that may have arrived sooner had criticism been allowed to be shared and circulated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter bought a swanky Southern California home for nearly $6 million using donation cash, according to a report Monday.\" class=\"wp-image-21810481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/blm-social-media-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Black Lives Matter has tremendous influence with Big Tech.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Patrisse Cullors\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ability of the Big Tech platforms to distort the national conversation around progressive figures and causes flows directly from their scale. The unprecedented accumulation of power over speech and narrative control threatens not only access to the public square, but the integrity of it.<\/p>\n<p>The concentration of market power in the Big Tech platforms allows them to raise the cost of expression in ways that are antithetical to democracy itself. And the costs can clearly be seen in how we consume information, but also how we use these platforms to speak at all.<br \/>The message is not just one of censorship from the platforms, but a clear directive for individuals to self-censor: Dare to critique the favored and powerful, and you, too, will be silenced.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rachel Bovard is senior director of policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute.<\/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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