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Flashback: Facebook claims 2012 Donald Trump campaign button violates rules against nudity

Aug 31, 2018jnewbyBlogsban, campaign button, Facebook, nudity, Trump

Early on New Year’s Day 2016, an administrator of the now-defunct Facebook page “Wake UP, America” said he was told by the social media giant that a photo of a 2012 Donald Trump campaign button violates their community standards for nudity, even though the picture contains no nudity whatsoever. “So I get this message from…

Facebook censors, bans video on Star-Spangled Banner — Report

Aug 25, 2018jnewby6 CommentsBlogsban, censor, Facebook, national anthem

On Friday, Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit reported that Facebook, the social media site appropriately dubbed the “world’s most dangerous censor,” banned and censored a video on the history of the Star-Spangled Banner. Facebook, the report said, marked the video as “spam,” and claimed it violates their community standards. Roger Scott, the reader who…

Flashback: Facebook claims US flag violates community standards, gives user 30-day ban

Aug 24, 2018jnewbyBlogsban, censorship, Facebook, flag

In November 2016, Facebook, the social media site increasingly known as the “world’s most dangerous censor,” told yours truly that a picture depicting an eagle and a U.S. flag violates their “community standards,” and further issued a 30-day ban. Worse yet, I never even posted the photo. Here’s the initial message: That message was followed…

Flashback: Facebook tells conservative user picture of lilac tree ‘pornographic’

Aug 22, 2018jnewby4 CommentsBlogsban, Facebook, lilac tree, pornographic

In November 2016, yours truly reported that Facebook claimed a picture showing an eagle superimposed on a U.S. flag violates their “Community Standards,” and prompted a 30-day ban. This is not the first time I have documented this kind of insanity from the site increasingly known as the “world’s most dangerous censor.” Just over three…