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Since Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential Election, mainstream media, aka 'real fake news', and mainstream social media, like Facebook and Twitter, have begun their devious campaign of censoring what they deem 'fake news' — or whoever doesn't tow the neoliberal agenda.

A few weeks ago, The Duran's Peter Lavelle wrote a very revealing piece on the draconian phenomena of 'ghost banning' and ways Facebook and other media are censoring what ordinary people see on their news feeds.

The method that Facebook is now using to censor news articles is very unsuspecting and will go unnoticed to the daily Facebook user. Below is an explanation of how exactly they are censoring your news feed and the news feeds' of your friends.

Facebook has created a privacy setting smugly called a "smart list." Here are some screenshots from my Facebook to show exactly what you can do to make sure Facebook doesn't censor your or your friends' news feeds.

When you share an article or post, the "smart list" is selected by default. If the default "smart list" is selected, no one from your friends' list or beyond will see your post...

Facebook smartlist
You need to manually select 'Public' to change it from Facebook's default 'smart list'...

Facebook sharing
This "smart list" essentially controls who sees your posts or more accurately, who doesn't see your posts. This is disturbing because this "smart list" and who is on this 'list' is not controlled by you - but by Facebook.

This method will shorten a posts' or articles' reach dramatically, because the only ones who will see the article are those who have selected to see that pages' posts first.

The briefcase icon is shown when a 'smart list' is selected - while a globe is shown to represent that your post is public. Notice that the 'smart list' post has no activity on it - no likes, shares, or comments. Meanwhile, the public post has dozens of likes and comments...

Facebook smartlist setting
Facebook smartlist setting
No doubt an information war is waging - and the elites controlling the mainstream narrative are losing battle after battle. We are seeing the results of what happens when people have the ability to think for themselves and are offered an alternative viewpoint. Now the establishment is resorting to censorship and controlling what was once an open community.