• Latest
  • Trending
Facebook Admits Censor Conservatives

Facebook Essentially Admits They Censor Conservatives, Have No Plan To Stop

08/21
Israeli Lawmakers Want to Throw Christians in Jail for Talking About Jesus

Israeli Lawmakers Want to Throw Christians in Jail for Talking About Jesus

03/21
Stew Peters Show: Freedom Caucus Cowards Lied to Voters, Won’t Impeach Biden

Stew Peters Show: Freedom Caucus Cowards Lied to Voters, Won’t Impeach Biden

03/21
Leftist Reporter Is NYPD-Protected ANTIFA Commander, Sources Say

Conservatives Worry About Leftist/Antifa Agitators as Trump Arrest Looms

03/20
Video: Fauci Wants to ‘Break’ the Free Will of Americans to Force COVID Jabs

Video: Fauci Wants to ‘Break’ the Free Will of Americans to Force COVID Jabs

03/20
Video: Indiscriminate Violence Grips Miami During Black Spring Break

Video: Indiscriminate Violence Grips Miami During Black Spring Break

03/20
Just 10% of Manhattan Residents Voted for Anti-Trump DA in 2021 Election

Just 10% of Manhattan Residents Voted for Anti-Trump DA in 2021 Election

03/20
New January 6 Footage Appears To Show Capitol Police Officer Aiming Rifle At Crowd

Report: Biden Regime to Arrest 700-1,200 ADDITIONAL January 6 Capitol Protesters

03/19
trump rocky

President Trump Says He Will Be Arrested On Tuesday By Corrupt Manhattan DA

03/19
Putin in Mariupol

Vladimir Putin Visits Russian-Controlled Mariupol, Once a Symbol of ‘Ukrainian Resistance’

03/19
Fake News: Gizmodo, Media Matters Publish Patently False Stories About National File

Fake News: Gizmodo, Media Matters Publish Patently False Stories About National File

03/19
Ron DeSantis Supported Ukraine Aid, Compared Himself to Reagan

Ron DeSantis Supported Ukraine Aid, Compared Himself to Reagan

03/20
EXCLUSIVE: Ron DeSantis Cut Lenient Plea Deals to Shorten Prison Sentences for Child Porn Crimes

EXCLUSIVE: Ron DeSantis Cut Lenient Plea Deals to Shorten Prison Sentences for Child Porn Crimes

03/17
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Subscribe
SUPPORT
National File
  • Home
  • Culture
    • Christianity
    • Video Games
    • Marxism
    • Snowflakes
    • Free Speech
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • International News
    • Fake News
    • Exclusive
  • Politics
    • Gun Rights
    • The Swamp
    • Deep State
    • Supreme Court
    • 2020
    • 2022
    • 2024
  • Big Tech
    • Technology
    • Alt-Tech
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Rona’
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • Culture
    • Christianity
    • Video Games
    • Marxism
    • Snowflakes
    • Free Speech
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • International News
    • Fake News
    • Exclusive
  • Politics
    • Gun Rights
    • The Swamp
    • Deep State
    • Supreme Court
    • 2020
    • 2022
    • 2024
  • Big Tech
    • Technology
    • Alt-Tech
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Rona’
No Result
View All Result
National File
SUBSCRIBE
Home Big Tech

Facebook Essentially Admits They Censor Conservatives, Have No Plan To Stop

In a newly released report Facebook essentially admits they censor conservatives, and uses corporate jargon to justify doing nothing to stop.

by Archive
August 21, 2019
in Big Tech
Facebook Admits Censor Conservatives
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Last Updated on August 21, 2019

#

In a report released Tuesday, Facebook unveils findings suggesting they are ideologically censoring conservative thought through new enforcement policies created over the last few years, and use corporate jargon to avoid doing anything to stop.

The report, titled Covington Interim Report, prepared by former senator and current lobbyist Jon Kyl, identifies several key issues faced by conservative Facebook users, including abuse of the term “hate speech”, algorithmic manipulation of the news feed, use of radical left wing fact checking organizations to suppress conservative websites, and ad policies that exclude pro-life messages.

RelatedPosts

Report: House Republicans Balk at Real Action on Big Tech

Israeli Bankers Pulled $1 Billion from SVB Immediately Before Its Collapse

Biden Admin Demands Musk Communications With Journalists Regarding to Twitter Files

Facebook then explains they have already remedied such issues, and conservatives have nothing to worry about.

In preparing the report, the organization claims it conducted a series of interviews using a “broad definition” of the word “conservative”, one that includes “political conservatives, people of orthodox religious views, libertarians,pro-lifers, traditionalists, Republicans,” and, almost ironically, “free speech advocates.”

After conducting the interviews, the organization identified key areas of concern to conservatives on the platform.

These include algorithmic manipulation of the news feed, abusing claims of click bait and spam, abuse of fact-checking and claims of “false news”, overly broad “hate speech designations”, itchy trigger fingers when it comes to bans that have no opportunity for appeal, ads that restrict the conservative worldview, and a workforce that is almost certainly completely left wing.

The report notes that in January of 2018, Facebook changed their news feed algorithm to give preference to “broadly trusted sources,” something the platform has never bothered to define. Even in this report, Facebook neglects to mention who these “broadly trusted sources” include. National File assumes they include the likes of CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, based on anecdotal evidence.

To assuage conservatives’ concerns about algorithmic manipulation, Facebook explains that the concerns are unfounded, as it already solved this problem in 2014:

Facebook introduced “Why am I seeing this post?” to help users understand why they see certain content and to enable them to more easily control what they see from friends, Pages, and Groups. Facebook is also improving “Why am I seeing this ad?” which launched in 2014.

Facebook also notes that they exclusively use the Poynter Institute as their gauge for who is able to fact check news. Absurdly, Facebook also notes that the Poynter Institute owns the incredibly partisan PolitiFact.

In fact, Facebook acknowledges that the only conservative fact checker approved by Poynter is the Daily Caller news foundation.

It seems as though Facebook believes that allowing one right of center fact checking organization to exist among the myriad of far left organizations should be enough to content conservatives.

While Facebook repeatedly references the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, they completely disregard it when discussing “hate speech”.

Describing conservatives’ concerns about the nebulous term, the report notes:

Hate Organization Designations:​ Facebook prohibits use of the platform by “terrorist groups and hate organizations,” and removes content that praises them, their actions, or their members. We note both the importance of distinguishing between the “hate speech” and “hate organization” designations, and the confusion the similarity of the two labels can cause. Interviewees frequently expressed concern over Facebook’s perceived reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center (“SPLC”) and other left-leaning organizations to identify hate groups. Many conservatives view the SPLC as an extreme organization intent on defaming conservatives.

Facebook previously claimed to this journalist that it does not map to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate figures, however, it has banned almost every individual singled out by the SPLC. Further, Facebook considers individuals including Alex Jones, Paul Joseph Watson, Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer to be “hate figures”, and permanently banned them from the platform accordingly.

The report offers no remedy for this situation.

The big tech company also notes that interviewees expressed frustration with the inability to appeal decisions made by Facebook. A page can be banned, and without influential friends in media or within the company, most have no means to appeal such decisions.

National File has at least four such contacts within Facebook, and generally must rely on these contacts for comments from the big tech platform, as their press team rarely replies to our requests for comment.

Again, Facebook says they already solved this problem, and fickle conservatives should stop complaining:

Page managers can now see when Facebook removes content that violates the Community Standards and when Facebook reduces distribution of posts rated “false” by a third-party fact-checker.

…

​Facebook launched an appeals process for posts removed for most types of Community Standards violations and is working to extend this process to other issues. If a photo, video or post has been removed because Facebook found that it violates its policy, the poster is now notified and afforded the ability to appeal. If the post was removed in error, Facebook will notify the poster, and the post will be restored.

Finally, Facebook promises to take the unprecedented step of hiring conservatives in an effort to shake the notion that it is a company controlled entirely by leftists.

In its conclusion, the report daringly references the First Amendment – something that Facebook has previously refrained from doing, as the company maintains it is immune from the protections afforded to American citizens due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency act – with the following statement:

Freedom of expression undergirds the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It is also recognized as a basic human right under article 19 of the United Nations’ ​Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ​Further, it is integral to Facebook’s stated mission and a core value that underpins its Community Standards.

At this point, the company uses a series of corporate jargon to explain that they intend to do nothing to actually respect the First Amendment rights of its users.

“As we move forward, we will continue to analyze the issues that conservatives are most concerned about,” Facebook promises, while neglecting to promise any type of meaningful change.

The final paragraph of the report concludes:

We are committed to providing Facebook with a clear-eyed, fair, and unflinchingly candid assessment of how its policies and practices may disadvantage conservatives. We look forward to continuing to work with Facebook and the conservative community to ensure that free speech is protected for all Facebook users.

In short, Facebook has identified several major conservative concerns with the platform. However, it intends to do nothing to meaningfully change the platform’s policies, but will continue to “analyze” such issues.

 

Tags: CensorshipFacebook

Related Posts

Report: Twitter and Facebook Held Regular Meetings with DHS to Coordinate Censorship
Big Tech

Report: House Republicans Balk at Real Action on Big Tech

March 17, 2023
Israeli Bankers Pulled $1 Billion from SVB Immediately Before Its Collapse
Big Tech

Israeli Bankers Pulled $1 Billion from SVB Immediately Before Its Collapse

March 14, 2023
Musk Threatens to Back Out of Twitter Deal Over Spam Account Numbers
Big Tech

Biden Admin Demands Musk Communications With Journalists Regarding to Twitter Files

March 8, 2023
Load More
Facebook Twitter Reddit Telegram RSS

Category

  • 2020
  • 2022
  • 2024
  • Alt-Tech
  • Big Tech
  • Borders
  • Breaking News
  • cartoons
  • China
  • Christianity
  • Civil Unrest
  • Climate Hysteria
  • commentary
  • Coronavirus
  • Culture
  • Deep State
  • Economic War
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Election Integrity
  • Elections
  • Exclusive
  • Fake News
  • Fake News Media
  • Feminism
  • Free Speech
  • Gun Rights
  • Hate Hoax
  • Human Trafficking
  • Immigration
  • Impeachment
  • International News
  • LGBTQ
  • Life
  • lifestyle
  • Marxism
  • Movies
  • National Security
  • Nationalism vs. Globalism
  • News
  • op-ed
  • Opinion
  • Opioid Crisis
  • Politics
  • Radical Islam
  • Related Stories
  • Sex Crimes
  • Snowflakes
  • Soros
  • Sports
  • States
  • Supreme Court
  • Technology
  • The Hill
  • The Swamp
  • Video
  • Video Games
  • Violent Crime
  • Vote fraud
  • Voter Fraud
  • Voter Fraud Investigation
  • White House
  • Wholesome News

Recent News

  • Israeli Lawmakers Want to Throw Christians in Jail for Talking About Jesus
  • Stew Peters Show: Freedom Caucus Cowards Lied to Voters, Won’t Impeach Biden
  • Conservatives Worry About Leftist/Antifa Agitators as Trump Arrest Looms

© 2022 NationalFile.com National File, LLC. Privacy. Corrections. About Us. All Rights Reserved.
Have any questions or suggestions? If you are having difficulty unsubscribing from our mail subscription please send an email here [email protected] Want to advertise with us? Please email: [email protected]

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • News
  • Culture
  • Coronavirus
  • Sports
  • 2020
  • Breaking News
  • Civil Unrest
  • International News
  • The Swamp
  • Big Tech
  • Deep State
  • Voter Fraud
  • Marxism
  • Free Speech
  • DONATE
  • SUBSCRIBE

© 2022 NationalFile.com National File, LLC. Privacy. Corrections. About Us. All Rights Reserved.
Have any questions or suggestions? If you are having difficulty unsubscribing from our mail subscription please send an email here [email protected] Want to advertise with us? Please email: [email protected]

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In