Web Censorship and Political Bias

[CagleMtnVol]

Screen shot of what a friend of mine from Pennsylvania posted on his Facebook page.

 

[Electric Orange]

Trump Has Torn the Mask Off the Liberal Media

 

[Electric Orange]

Okay why am I getting a warning to watch this stupid video?

 

[Electric Orange]

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Can Verizon or ATT ban users of their cellphones or internet if they disagree with their political message?

 

[MontyPython]

So, if I were to say someone should be "beheaded" here on Volnation, would I be banned, or would Freak step in and tell me I'm good? Hmmmmmm....

Zuckerberg: Bannon's beheading comments aren't enough to ban him from Facebook
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/donie-osullivan
(CNN Business)Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff at a company meeting on Thursday that Steve Bannon suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded was not enough of a violation of Facebook's rules to permanently suspend the former White House chief strategist from the platform, according to a Facebook employee.

Bannon was permanently suspended from Twitter last week after making the comments in a video.

The video was live on Bannon's Facebook page for about 10 hours last Thursday and had been viewed almost 200,000 times before the company removed it, citing its violence and incitement policies.

"These are instances of speech that are just so egregious," said Jennifer Grygiel, a social media professor at Syracuse University's Newhouse School. "Dr. Fauci is leading the Covid response here in this country, and to get on the platform to call for his beheading is just terrible."

Grygiel believes the incident shows how uncomfortable Zuckerberg is navigating situations in which Facebook's rules are broken by conservatives like Bannon as Facebook has faced repeated accusations of right-wing censorship and bias against conservative views. "It's showing the pressure Zuckerberg is under," Grygiel said. "Steve Bannon has proved that he abuses the platform. I would really like Mark Zuckerberg to show some accountability in not letting people harm the public and society in such a way."

Facebook declined to comment.

 

[MontyPython]

Screen shot of what a friend of mine from Pennsylvania posted on his Facebook page.

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Alternatively, instead of whining, the dude could just take his business elsewhere.

The. End.

 

[VolStrom]

So, if I were to say someone should be "beheaded" here on Volnation, would I be banned, or would Freak step in and tell me I'm good? Hmmmmmm....

Zuckerberg: Bannon's beheading comments aren't enough to ban him from Facebook
(CNN Business)Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff at a company meeting on Thursday that Steve Bannon suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded was not enough of a violation of Facebook's rules to permanently suspend the former White House chief strategist from the platform, according to a Facebook employee.

Bannon was permanently suspended from Twitter last week after making the comments in a video.

The video was live on Bannon's Facebook page for about 10 hours last Thursday and had been viewed almost 200,000 times before the company removed it, citing its violence and incitement policies.

"These are instances of speech that are just so egregious," said Jennifer Grygiel, a social media professor at Syracuse University's Newhouse School. "Dr. Fauci is leading the Covid response here in this country, and to get on the platform to call for his beheading is just terrible."

Grygiel believes the incident shows how uncomfortable Zuckerberg is navigating situations in which Facebook's rules are broken by conservatives like Bannon as Facebook has faced repeated accusations of right-wing censorship and bias against conservative views. "It's showing the pressure Zuckerberg is under," Grygiel said. "Steve Bannon has proved that he abuses the platform. I would really like Mark Zuckerberg to show some accountability in not letting people harm the public and society in such a way."

Facebook declined to comment.

Remember when the "comedian" posted a picture of her holding a beheaded Trump? How did social media deal with that?

 

[MontyPython]

Remember when the "comedian" posted a picture of her holding a beheaded Trump? How did social media deal with that?

Comedian Kathy Griffin’s video holding a replica of Donald Trump’s bloody head has landed her in hot water. Griffin got dropped from her endorsement deal with Squatty Potty and may potentially be removed from her annual “New Year’s Eve Live” broadcast on CNN.

2017:

In a video message posted on Twitter, Kathy Griffin "begged" for forgiveness and said she had "crossed a line".

2020:

Comedian Kathy Griffin, whose career stalled after a gory 2017 photo shoot with photographer Tyler Shields, unapologetically resurfaced the polarizing image on election night — a move that came swiftly after President Trump prematurely claimed he was winning the election.

The stand-up comic reposted the image, which features her raising a bloodied, decapitated replica of Trump’s head, without comment. Twitter promptly flagged the tweet for potentially sensitive content.

(The social media giant also flagged one of Trump’s election-night tweets for violating its civic integrity policy by sharing content that is “disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.”)

The Emmy winner did not explain why she risked the career she’s built back up by reupping the graphic image of dissent but appeared to manifest what many of her followers were feeling after Trump’s late-night proclamations, given the laudatory comments on the tweet.

 

[VolStrom]

Comedian Kathy Griffin’s video holding a replica of Donald Trump’s bloody head has landed her in hot water. Griffin got dropped from her endorsement deal with Squatty Potty and may potentially be removed from her annual “New Year’s Eve Live” broadcast on CNN.

2017:

In a video message posted on Twitter, Kathy Griffin "begged" for forgiveness and said she had "crossed a line".

2020:

Comedian Kathy Griffin, whose career stalled after a gory 2017 photo shoot with photographer Tyler Shields, unapologetically resurfaced the polarizing image on election night — a move that came swiftly after President Trump prematurely claimed he was winning the election.

The stand-up comic reposted the image, which features her raising a bloodied, decapitated replica of Trump’s head, without comment. Twitter promptly flagged the tweet for potentially sensitive content.

(The social media giant also flagged one of Trump’s election-night tweets for violating its civic integrity policy by sharing content that is “disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.”)

The Emmy winner did not explain why she risked the career she’s built back up by reupping the graphic image of dissent but appeared to manifest what many of her followers were feeling after Trump’s late-night proclamations, given the laudatory comments on the tweet.

Good for you for being able to search and cut and paste articles. Now did facebook or twitter shut her account down?

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Alternatively, instead of whining, the dude could just take his business elsewhere.

The. End.

You liberals never understand the point.

 

[MontyPython]

You liberals never understand the point.

Well, which is it... can a business owner choose to sell a paper he wants to sell or not?

Freedom of choice or forced to carry a certain newspaper with which he/she currently disagrees?

Come on man.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Well, which is it... can a business owner choose to sell a paper he wants to sell or not?

Freedom of choice or forced to carry a certain newspaper with which he/she currently disagrees?

Come on man.

This wasn't a mom n pop store it's a major grocery chain.

They were in essence banning customers from being able to purchas a major US Newspaper because they disagreed with who that paper endorsed for President of the United States.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino

 

[Rickyvol77]

Well, which is it... can a business owner choose to sell a paper he wants to sell or not?

Freedom of choice or forced to carry a certain newspaper with which he/she currently disagrees?

Come on man.

I agree with you on this. It’s wrong and idiotic for the reasoning but they have the right to sell what they want

 

[BenGrimm]

Not sure what was going on there but I typed in theDonald.win and got about 10 redirects. I closed it while it was still loading the last one. Could be something in iMessage that blocks spam links.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino

AT&T is reportedly $150 billion in debt

AT&T is reportedly looking at selling CNN to pay its massive debt, but the cable news company may have hit its peak "hating Trump," Fox Business Network senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino argued Friday.

"CNN does not have Donald Trump to kick around anymore and their ratings will take a hit," he told "Tucker Carlson Tonight," given the current projected presidential election results.

He reports that AT&T is "financially unstable" with $150 billion in debt.

AT&T is reportedly looking at selling CNN to pay its massive debt, but the cable news company may have hit its peak "hating Trump," Fox Business Network senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino argued Friday.

AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino

 

[CagleMtnVol]

AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino

AT&T is reportedly $150 billion in debt

AT&T is reportedly looking at selling CNN to pay its massive debt, but the cable news company may have hit its peak "hating Trump," Fox Business Network senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino argued Friday.

"CNN does not have Donald Trump to kick around anymore and their ratings will take a hit," he told "Tucker Carlson Tonight," given the current projected presidential election results.

He reports that AT&T is "financially unstable" with $150 billion in debt.

AT&T is reportedly looking at selling CNN to pay its massive debt, but the cable news company may have hit its peak "hating Trump," Fox Business Network senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino argued Friday.

AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino

Would be hysterical if Trump were to buy it.

"This is CNN: Keeping America Great!" has a nice ring to it.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

REVEALED: Prominent conservative donor Rebekah Mercer is bankrolling Parler - the rapidly growing right-wing Twitter-like app - to overcome 'the tyranny and hubris of tech overlords'

Social media platform Parler, which styles itself as a 'free speech-driven' space, is bankrolled by hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer's daughter Rebekah, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

U.S. right-wing social media users have flocked to Parler, messaging app Telegram and hands-off social site Gab, citing the more aggressive policing of political comments on mainstream platforms such as Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc.

Parler Chief Executive Officer John Matze, who describes himself as libertarian, has said he founded the company in 2018 as a bipartisan platform but has doubled down on marketing to conservatives as they took to the site.

Parler gets backing from hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer's daughter | Daily Mail Online

 

[VolinMichigan]

REVEALED: Prominent conservative donor Rebekah Mercer is bankrolling Parler - the rapidly growing right-wing Twitter-like app - to overcome 'the tyranny and hubris of tech overlords'

Social media platform Parler, which styles itself as a 'free speech-driven' space, is bankrolled by hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer's daughter Rebekah, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

U.S. right-wing social media users have flocked to Parler, messaging app Telegram and hands-off social site Gab, citing the more aggressive policing of political comments on mainstream platforms such as Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc.

Parler Chief Executive Officer John Matze, who describes himself as libertarian, has said he founded the company in 2018 as a bipartisan platform but has doubled down on marketing to conservatives as they took to the site.

Parler gets backing from hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer's daughter | Daily Mail Online

I give it another 6 months before it turns into 4chan

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Parler Free Speech Social Network

 

[Electric Orange]

The Conservative Treehouse is Deplatformed…

 

[NurseGoodVol]

I finally got nailed for hate speech.

Oh well, bye bye Twitter.
I disputed it d/t the fact the guy went on an acid laced rant about me stating the election wasn't certified yet. And yes he called me names. This is hilarious.

 

[RikidyBones]

Ol Dorsey and Zuckerberg back on zoom with DC. Diane Feinstein continues to be an idiot.

 

[RikidyBones]

Zuckerberg gives substantially better answers than Dorsey. He's improved over time that's for sure. I don't think we need anymore hearings for this and a revision of section 230. I think democrats need to be less short sighted than they are about the revision and assume they don't benefit from it currently. I'm not sure what the true fix is outside of a societal change to not need and to demand little to no moderation.