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| Facebook's banning of Press TV alarming for free speech |
| 2021-03-30 |
| [PRESSTV] By Richard Sudan Once again, social media giant Facebook has removed Press TV’s page from the platform, citing a so-called "failure to follow community standards" as the reason behind the move. It’s not the first time that Press TV has faced censorship from Facebook, following a temporary ban back in January, but now, Press TV has been informed it's permanent. To date, Facebook has not offered any explanation as to why. And this time, without specifying which rules have been broken, Facebook says the ban is permanent. This, in itself, is revealing. And such a ban, without explanation or the right to appeal the decision, sets a very dangerous precedent, with potential repercussions not just for Press TV, which had more than 4 million followers prior to the announcement, but potentially others, too. In fact, Facebook’s banning of Press TV, should cause serious concern, for anyone concerned with free speech, all over the world. If Press TV can be targeted without explanation or warning, then the logical question which follows, is who is next? Without stating the reason for the ban, many will draw the simple conclusion, that the reason Facebook, a US-based company, has censored Press TV, is nothing to do with "community standards" or "misinformation" but in reality, about the precise opposite-a deep-rooted fear of the facts, and therefore ultimately, the truth. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Facebook is a jealous god, and will tolerate no other. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-03-30 11:54 |
| #3 PRESS TV = IRAN's ISLAMIC Propaganda / usual Hate Speech. As stated in the related blog posting here. So While I detest the Big 3 Social Media. Even a Social Media Censor group of far left appeasing anything under the sun accept a normal society, accidentally stumble on doing something right for likely the wrong reasons. The Death to Israel chatting Iranian news channel might have been wiped from the Social Media due to it inciteful comments and remarks is a possibility. But, of course there is the other possible avenue also. Islamic News is controlled by a major Religion. An Social media censors seem to get a high from by doing things to silence any religion that has any objectionable moral standards, every chance they get. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-03-30 09:24 |
| #2 months? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-03-30 07:31 |
| #1 You guys are about six months too late. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-03-30 01:10 |