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    Twitter Blocks Cali. GOP Candidate’s Ad



    A campaign ad for a California Republican congressional candidate was banned by Twitter Thursday, in what is being seen as a deliberate act of midterm election meddling.
    Twitter cited “obscene” content for blocking Elizabeth Heng’s ad, which discusses her family’s struggle fleeing Cambodia following the rise of Pol Pot and the brutal Khmer Rouge communist regime.
    In a press release obtained by Breitbart, the Heng campaign said they attempted to appeal Twitter’s decision, but the company answered back saying the video was banned due to “offensive” material.
    “In recent attempts to advertise Elizabeth Heng’s campaign video on Twitter, the campaign has received a message from the company stating that upon review, the ad is ‘ineligible to participate in the Twitter Ads program at this time based on our Inappropriate Content policy.’ Twitter defined inappropriate content as ‘that which is offensive, vulgar, or obscene,’” the press release stated.

    After the campaign appealed the ban, Twitter sent back another message, bolding the word “obscene”:
    “When the campaign reached out for clarification on the exact content in violation, Twitter responded with the same message they had sent previously, highlighting the word ‘obscene’ in bold. The campaign pressed to resolve the issue, but was sent a final message from the Twitter Ads Support team saying they had reconfirmed that the ad was not eligible to run on Twitter and that they could ‘no longer assist or support any further requests.’”
    Facebook had also banned Heng’s ad just 10 days earlier, however the social media giant came to its senses and reversed its decision, saying there was nothing “shocking, disrespectful, or sensational” about it.
    “Upon further review, it is clear the video contains historical imagery relevant to the candidate’s story. We have since approved the ad and it is now running on Facebook,” Facebook officials clarified.
    In Facebook’s case, they had initially claimed the ad’s depiction of images from the Cambodian genocide violated a policy on content intended to “shock or scare.”
    It remains to be seen whether Twitter will act accordingly and reverse their decision.

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    Just the communists trying to erase history. It’s to be expected.
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    The Russians take a back seat to our own 5th column.
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    Are documentaries banned on twitter?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aGameOfThrones View Post
    Are documentaries banned on twitter?
    Only right wing documentaries.
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    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Only right wing documentaries.
    You know what? Fok Social Media!! I want the current GOP gov to regulated it and mess with them in anyway possible. Wanna meddle in elections to favor one side? Fok you then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aGameOfThrones View Post
    You know what? Fok Social Media!! I want the current GOP gov to regulated it and mess with them in anyway possible. Wanna meddle in elections to favor one side? Fok you then.
    That reaction may be exactly what they want.
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    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

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    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    What $#@!s.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    That reaction may be exactly what they want.
    I know, but if they do it they'll get hell, if they don't they'll get hell too. If the GOP messes with them by telling them that they can't censor anyone unless it's for promoting violent acts, are the Liberals, if they get power, going to then tell the Social Media companies that they have to start censoring again? LOL It would be so funny.




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