Social media companies undercutting Trump by censoring posts and banning users

Conservative Tribune
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:47 UTC

Most of us are well aware by now that the mainstream media is in the bag for Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, but this recent development may make things even worse.

Tech companies such as Apple, Twitter, Google and Instagram are actively working against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The items you probably use every day — phones, computers, tablets etc., are being used to prop up Clinton, and those that know how dangerous a Clinton presidency would be and care about fair play should know about it.

The Observer reported that Apple blatantly discriminated against a pro-Trump podcast called MAGA. According to an Apple representative, the show was labeled "explicit" simply because it was pro-Trump.

Just for a point of reference, Apple has podcasts that discuss Osama Bin Laden and Adolf Hitler — but those aren't labeled "explicit," according to the Observer. Upon contacting another representative at apple, they were assured that the podcast would be relabeled "clean."

Breitbart reported that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed that: "The chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, set up a company to run the digital component of Hillary Clinton's campaign," a claim that has been widely reported and researched extensively by Breitbart.

Google has also been caught manipulating search results to paint Trump unfavorably. Back in June, it was reported that a search for Trump's book on Google led users to Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf."

Twitter also silences conservatives by banning them from the site, with the most recent example being Milo Yiannopoulos being banned by Twitter for allegedly inciting abuse against "Ghostbusters" actress Leslie Jones — although her repeated racist comments and actual inciting of abuse on Twitter never caused them to bat an eye.

Facebook's censorship has gotten so bad that Sen. John Thune even wrote a letter asking the company to explain its practices. Facebook regularly censors conservatives but promotes groups like Black Lives Matter.

Instagram has banned accounts that portray Clinton negatively, such as the conservative comedy group "Toughen Up America," with no explanation.

Certainly, private companies should be able to do what they please, but we all know what would happen to a conservative company caught engaging in this kind of censorship. Social media has essentially become the public square, and this widespread corporate censorship infringes on free speech in a huge and detrimental way.

This should not be acceptable to anyone who values the First Amendment — and since liberals often claim that they do, they should not accept this either.

Please share this on Facebook and Twitter (ironically) to make sure people are aware of this blatant censorship.

Comment: From Breitbart May 2016:

"Facebook has issued libertarian Canadian commentator Lauren Southern with a 30-day suspension after she criticised the social network for banning the administrator of a right-wing Facebook page.

Only a few days after the widely publicised meeting of "top conservatives" with Mark Zuckerberg to address censorship of conservative media on Facebook, it seems the site is up to its old tricks of silencing conservatives and right-wingers.

The admin of Disdain for Plebs, a pro-Trump, alt-right Facebook page, was banned for arguing that Trump was not anti-Muslim, but anti-ISIS, and that his proposed ban on Muslims was not due to innate racism, but because "Homeland Security cannot differentiate which Muslim is radical wanting to cause harm and which is a harmless refugee."

Facebook moderators, however, apparently considered this to be wrongthink. The post was subsequently removed, [...] and the account suspended.

The admin, who wishes to remain anonymous, said exclusively to Breitbart News that "being banned for stating unfortunate facts is typical of social media these days. Conservatives understand they are forced to stay quiet on controversial topics that need to be addressed, or else be completely exiled from the public eye. Years of hard work and determination can be, and has been, eradicated from people, under the moderation of politically correct censorship masquerading as manners."

The article goes on to detail Ms. Southern's subsequent postings and eventual re-instatement to Facebook.