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World News See other World News Articles Title: The Online Censors: Facebook's Long History of Closing Down Free Speech Facebook closed down 559 pages and 251 personal accounts on Thursday. Sputnik takes a look at the omnipotent website’s long track record of censorship. Facebook said on Thursday, October 11, it was closing pages which were “working to mislead others about who they are, and what they are doing.” But Jason Bassler, co-founder of one of the pages, The Free Thought Project, told Sputnik it was set up to counter “mainstream media’s bullsh*t narratives.” “We were verified by Facebook with a little check mark next to our name, so they know we are a legitimate organization/outlet,” Mr. Bassler told Sputnik. Fascistbook is censoring anarchists completely now, under the guise of being anti-spam. Hundreds of anarchist’s pages shut down #FacebookPurge https://t.co/tvtXmClmJ0 — Lorie Meacham (@LorieMeacham) October 12, 2018 This is by no means the first time Facebook has taken down pages amid controversy. Alex Jones of InfoWars Banned — August 2018 In August 2018 Facebook joined Apple, YouTube and Spotify in banning conservative radio host Alex Jones, who runs the Infowars website. Facebook removed four pages — the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the Infowars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page — after the social network imposed a 30-day ban on Jones “for his role in posting violating content to these pages”. No Place to Hide: Edwa... Glenn Greenwald Best Price: $1.50 Buy New $5.99 (as of 01:35 EDT - Details) ”More content from the same pages has been reported to us — upon review, we have taken it down for glorifying violence, which violates our graphic violence policy, and using dehumanising language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants, which violates our hate speech policies,” said Facebook. Jones has floated several conspiracy theories about various events, including the 9/11 attacks and the Sandy Hook school shooting. Tip-offs by CIA Cybersecurity Firm — August 2018 In August, Facebook removed 652 pages, groups and accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” after it was tipped off to the accounts by FireEye, a cybersecurity firm bankrolled by the Central Intelligence Agency. “All of these pages that Facebook has been taking down…are all somehow related… to governments or movements or news sources that aren’t very friendly to the United States or that the United States government wants to overthrow,” web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa told Radio Sputnik. Facebook’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said the social media giant got a tip from FireEye, a cybersecurity firm that has received venture capital funding by the CIA since 2009. Closures Ahead Of Mid-Terms — July 2018 Facebook removed 32 “fake” accounts and pages it claimed had been set up to influence the mid-term US elections in November. Facebook & Tweeter, who we must see as part of the corporate capitalist state, are now proudly censoring political content. Two years ago there would have been a revolt at this kind of censorship but democrats & Russiagate give them excuse they needed. — Ajamu Baraka (@ajamubaraka) October 12, 2018 The California-based company said 9,500 Facebook posts had been created by the accounts but it had not worked out who controlled them. Among the “fake” accounts were Aztlan Warriors, Black Elevation, Mindful Being and Resisters. Closure of Russian-Linked Pages — April 2018 In April, Facebook deleted 70 pages, mostly Russian-language accounts owned by Internet Research Agency (IRA), the Russian group accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Facebook also closed 138 Facebook pages controlled by IRA. Those who demanded Facebook & other Silicon Valley giants censor political content – something they didn’t actually want to do – are finding that content that they themselves support & like end up being repressed. That’s what has happened to every censorship advocate in history: https://t.co/IZHF8GVkgC — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 12, 2018 “Of the pages that had content, the vast majority of them (95 percent) were in Russian — targeted either at people living in Russia or Russian-speakers around the world including from nearby countries like Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine,” said Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos. Napalm Girl Image Censorship — September 2016 Facebook was heavily criticized after it removed the iconic image of a naked girl fleeing a US napalm attack during the Vietnam war. Data and Goliath: The ... Bruce Schneier Best Price: $4.99 Buy New $5.00 (as of 02:40 EDT - Details) Espen Egil Hansen, the editor of Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, said the entire post, which was about iconic war imagery, was later deleted and the journalist responsible found his account suspended. Mr. Hansen said Mark Zuckerberg was guilty of “an abuse of power”. Facebook said it had removed the image because it showed nudity. Palestinian Pages Closed — September 2016 In September 2016 the Israeli government and Facebook reportedly agreed a secret deal to work together to take down pro-Palestinian content. Without warning or explanation, #Facebook just unpublished hundreds of pages including independent media outlets with millions of followers. Make no mistake, this is an extreme act of censoring the truth. #censorship pic.twitter.com/J54bPcmgBA — Mint Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
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