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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-27/facebook-follows-youtubes-lead-blocks-alex-jones-pages
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There is a reason that Free Speech is the First Amendment. It is the MOST Important Right a People can have. It enables us to discuss problems and find solutions. It is the Foundation of Revolution, as revolution comes in three stages: Communication, Public Disobedience, and finally Violence. When that critical stage of Communication is refused, it results in the Second Stage, Public Disobedience, the same way as making anything illegal only creates a Black Market for it. When Freedom is Outlawed, only Outlaws will have Freedom.
The Counter Argument to this is that both Facebook and YouTube are considered Private Property, and those companies have as much of a Right to decree that they will not host content by Alex Jones. This is just as true as the importance of Free Speech itself.
Let the Debate begin.
Just days after YouTube barred Alex Jones from live-streaming for 90 days, and President Trump stepped into the Twitter 'shadowbanning' of conservatives fiasco, CNBC reports that Facebook - amid their worst week ever - has banned InfoWars' Alex Jones from posting for 30 days.
Several Facebook pages tied to Alex Jones, including the official pages for Infowars and Alex Jones himself, are close to being removed from the platform for violating its community standards multiple times, a Facebook spokesperson told CNBC.
Jones' personal account was temporarily banned from Facebook Thursday for 30 days after it was found responsible for uploading four videos that went against community standards. The clips were posted on different pages operated by Infowars and Alex Jones. Jones had previously been warned he could be blocked by Facebook for other infractions, according to a Facebook spokesperson.
One of the removed videos shows a man shoving a child on the ground to "prevent liberalism," while another discusses drag queens in a crude fashion and suggests they are child sexual predators. Another suggests Muslim people have "conquered" Europe, and will kill everyone and sexually assault women.
These are reportedly the same four videos were also removed earlier in the week by YouTube, which also barred Jones from live streaming for 90 days.
InfoWars' Owen Troyer provides some more color as to what just happened...
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Full article at link.
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There is a reason that Free Speech is the First Amendment. It is the MOST Important Right a People can have. It enables us to discuss problems and find solutions. It is the Foundation of Revolution, as revolution comes in three stages: Communication, Public Disobedience, and finally Violence. When that critical stage of Communication is refused, it results in the Second Stage, Public Disobedience, the same way as making anything illegal only creates a Black Market for it. When Freedom is Outlawed, only Outlaws will have Freedom.
The Counter Argument to this is that both Facebook and YouTube are considered Private Property, and those companies have as much of a Right to decree that they will not host content by Alex Jones. This is just as true as the importance of Free Speech itself.
Let the Debate begin.
