It will be my goal to list links to articles referring to the growing censorship of conservatives, specifically those who believe in Biblical principles.
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I normally don’t experience much censorship myself but as I become more active on social media I am guessing this won’t be the last time:
To the right is an article written about YouTube censorship. Reading it makes me realize that it is very difficult to know if anything we are seeing is real. The worst part is if your life is led by your fears, you will eventually fulfill the life you are expecting and fearing. I have to be aware of my own risks of this. Everything I share on this site may be true but I need to not let it affect my family life.
Below is Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has “unveiled rules that will punish internet companies with fines, and even imprisonment, if they fail to protect users from “harmful and illegal content.”
The linked article explains how. The takeaway I get is that the UK is putting laws into place that are vague enough to allow authorities to fine or imprison people for what they deem to be “harmful and illegal content.”
The following article’s headline crosses between censorship and faith so I will include it in both pages. The majority of the article is focused on how Bible believing people are being censored and persecuted so I pray that anyone interested can put aside any bias and keep an open mind and my GOD open your heart to the truth. The entire site is filled with valuable information
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2-4-2020
This article is quite long but explains in detail how Big Tech is controlling what many people see and there is so much grey area on the internet now it doesn’t matter if you are outwardly lying, so many loopholes to protect the ones with big pockets.
How Big Tech Companies & Corporate America Subvert the Second Amendment
Conservatives Censored on Social Media
It’s worth showing just how many mainstream, run-of-the-mill conservatives have been censored by Big Tech – it’s not just the MILOs and the weevs of the world who are being shown the door. Indeed, we believe that these types are censored not out of any actual desire to suppress so-called “hate speech,” but instead to act as a test case for setting the precedent for suppressing legal speech. Here are some examples that are worth considering:
- Pastor Rich Penkoski: This pastor runs a popular Facebook page, “Warriors for Christ.” He was suspended mid-sermon for criticizing the rainbow flag. He was previously banned for calling an atheist a liar and sharing verses from the Quran that called for the killing of non-Muslims.
- Over Two Dozen Catholic Pages: In July 2017, Facebook banned several Catholic pages with millions of followers. Most were based in Brazil. Facebook removed the pages without explanation.
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Not even elected officials are immune from social media deplatforming. Facebook removed an ad for Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s campaign that attacked pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood.
- Alveda King: Facebook removed paid ads from Martin Luther King’s niece Alveda King for her documentary on Roe v. Wade.
- Ryan T. Anderson: Twitter refused to run several ads from Christian radio stations for an upcoming interview with Ryan T. Anderson. Anderson is a critic of transgenderism and radical gender ideology.
- Robert Spencer: The head of JihadWatch.org, a website covering radical Islam, was removed from social media and even had his credit cards canceled. He also claims that Google buries him in results for searches about “jihad.”
- Brian Fisher: The President of the Human Coalition notes that this anti-abortion group has had prayer apps removed from the Apple store and has had its content repeatedly removed from Twitter despite taking pains to ensure that all of it is within Twitter’s narrow, anti-First Amendment guidelines.
- PragerU: PragerU is very much the picture of mainstream, run-of-the-mill, completely non-edgy conservatism on the Internet. Despite this, they repeatedly have their content removed from YouTube. Dennis Prager, head of PragerU, is suing YouTube. He notes that Delta Air Lines couldn’t say “conservatives can’t fly with us,” but YouTube, ostensibly a neutral platform, is effectively allowed to say that conservatives can’t use their services.
- David Kyle Foster: David Kyle Foster is a leader in the “ex-gay” movement, a group of Christians who claim that their religion has “cured” their homosexuality. His Vimeo channel, featuring over 700 personal testimonials, was pulled from Vimeo for being “hateful.”
Even the Declaration of Independence has been removed from Facebook as “hate speech” due to their “filtering program.” Yes, really. Nor is it only conservative groups who have been targeted. Moderates and leftists who don’t toe the party line – like Andy Ngo, Tim Pool and Michael Tracey – have likewise been targeted by deplatforming and shadowbanning.
Deplatforming is not limited to social media. Chase Bank has been accused of depriving conservative voices of banking services. This returns us to the Mark of the Beast notion: What good is free speech if banks – banks – can keep you from receiving payments. And how far off are we from seeing conservative voices deprived of their ability to pay?
Imagine showing up at the grocery store and finding out that your money’s no good because you have a concealed carry permit. Sound far-fetched? So would have having your bank account closed for being a conservative activist.
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has [g]the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
To be a Christian Conservative today on social media is barely tolerated and in some cases it is not tolerated at all. If you are pro life or for helping those who are struggling with feelings of sexual aberration to deny those feelings or at least the actions, you are called a bigot, racist, misogynist or some type of phobe.
I pray that more people will have their eyes opened and I pray that GOD will guide me to help and not hinder, GOD forbid.
Former Twitter Content Review Agent Mo Norai explains banning process: “if it was a pro-Trump thing and I’m anti-Trump… I banned his whole account… it’s at your discretion”
Who gets to decide?