I was watching TV and suddenly a news
story came on about the new "oversight board" board that Facebook has
just put together. What it really is: a censorship board to decide what content
it's users and followers can follow. Here is what their board does according to CNBC:
"The oversight board will govern appeals from Facebook and
Instagram users and questions from Facebook itself, although it admitted
it will have to pick and choose which content moderation cases to take due to
the sheer volume of them.
The board will receive cases through a content management system
that is linked to Facebook’s own platforms. They will then discuss the case as
a group before issuing a final decision on whether the content should be
allowed to stay up or not."
One thing they always bring up, and they did while talking to a
conservative unhappy with Facebook censorship, is that Facebook is a private
company. And that is a magic word, here in
An example of their corporate dominance are my blogs. The dominant
one is this one, Otto’s War Room. I can’t place a link to that blog on
my Facebook page. Supposedly it violates their community standards. And what
does that mean? They won't say. I have asked them and they won't respond to me.
I've complained about this and they won't discuss it with me. There is
no place to dispute their decisions. They are in fact, "GOD of the
internet."
Facebook is one of the greatest dictatorships to develop since
Nazi Germany. Anyone who thinks this is going to remain a free forum of ideas
is fooling themselves.
Take for example, January 6 of this year. Many liberals,
especially Democrats were unhappy that conservative groups were able to use
Facebook to organize against the capital, based on the lie that President
Donald Trump did not actually lose the election. For example Democrats made the
following accusations about Facebook according to CNBC:
"House Democrats are demanding answers from Facebook on
how it targeted ads for gun accessories next to misinformation about the election
and news about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
In a letter sent
to Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg on Monday, 23 lawmakers on the House Energy and
Commerce Committee asked how Facebook makes sure weapons-related ads are not
targeted in ways that could harm public safety. The lawmakers also asked
whether companies who advertise on Facebook are notified when their ads are
placed next to misinformation or violent content."
These Democrats are all hypocrites. Not long ago they all rallied
in support of people doing similar things to the government of
Facebook has some actual "human rights activists" on
their censorship board:
"The members are a globally diverse group with lawyers,
journalists, human rights advocates and other academics. Between them, they are
said to have expertise in areas such as digital rights, religious freedom,
conflicts between rights, content moderation, internet censorship and civil
rights."
Any real human rights activist would never serve on such a board. The
same goes for journalists. It is a board
to curb people's rights. What kind of activist or journalist would really do
that? The answer is "phony ones."
Facebook, the main media monopoly, will now control
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There was a $3 gold coin in the US, in the 1800s. But there has never been a $3 bill.
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