White House Rolls Out Website To Report Silicon Valley Censorship

[Swordsmyth]

The White House has launched a new tool for people to use if they feel they have been unfairly discriminated against over social media.

The Trump Administration is fighting for free speech online.

No matter your views, if you suspect political bias has caused you to be censored or silenced online, we want to hear about it! https://t.co/9lc0cqUhuf pic.twitter.com/J8ICbx42dz
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 15, 2019

Those who feel they have been wrongly banned, censored or suspended on platforms such as Facebook or Twitter can go to "wh.gov/techbias" where the following mesage will greet them:
"SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Yet too many Americans have seen their accounts suspended, banned, or fraudulently reported for unclear “violations” of user policies.
No matter your views, if you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you, share your story with President Trump."
The idea was immediately supported by Twitter alternative Gab.com, which tweeted: "Excellent, we will email our ~1m users and get you a very large set of data."

Excellent, we will email our ~1m users and get you a very large set of data.
— Gab.com💬Dissenter.com (@getongab) May 15, 2019

BREAKING: The Trump White House has just launched a site for Americans to share their stories of bias from big tech companies.

If you have been a victim of big tech social media censorship, please fill out the form to submit your case! ⬇️ https://t.co/pOclNMNMyP
— Mike Tokes (@MikeTokes) May 15, 2019

In April, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) threatened to regulate social media companies after repeated charges from President Trump and other conservatives that Facebook, Twitter and Google have targeted the political speech of conservatives.
"What makes the threat of political censorship so problematic is the lack of transparency, the invisibility, the ability for a handful of giant tech companies to decide if a particular speaker is disfavored," said Cruz during April remarks.
In March, President Trump accused Facebook, Google and Twitter of bias, saying "I do think we have to get to the bottom of it." Trump said that the media giants are building a "stacked deck" against him.
Meanwhile, undercover investigative firm Project Veritas recorded Twitter engineers bragging about shadow banning "a way of talking," as well as targeting conservatives and classifying users who tweet about "guns" and "God" as Russian bots.

Twitter engineers were caught on tape talking about shadow banning, banning "a way of talking," targeting conservatives, classifying users who tweet about "guns" and "God" as Russian bots. #Stopthebias pic.twitter.com/6TwruvFikb
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) March 19, 2019

Perhaps Zero Hedge should report the time Facebook completely banned our our content, only to reverse course the next day and claim they made a 'mistake.'


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-...ley-censorship

[acptulsa]

The CIA wants to be sure they're doing what they were created to do?

[Zippyjuan]

Trying to generate mailing lists? They want name, phone number, email address.

Will it be as useful as the White House petitions which never do anything?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/user-agreement/

By clicking “I accept” and continuing to participate, you understand that you will be participating in a U.S. Government activity that digitally, electronically, or otherwise captures information you provide.

You grant the U.S. Government (including, but not limited to the Executive Office of the President) a license to any “Content” (including but not limited to the photographs, information, text, or otherwise) you post or submit on this site.

This permission grants the U.S. Government a license to use, edit, display, publish, broadcast, transmit, post, or otherwise distribute all or part of the Content (including edited, composite, or derivative works made therefrom).

The license you grant is irrevocable and valid in perpetuity, throughout the world, and in all forms of media.

You waive any right to inspect or approve any Content or edited, composite or derivative works made from Content (including those which may contain your Information) before use. You are not entitled to any prior notice before the U.S. Government uses Content or Information. You are not entitled to any compensation for Content.

You solely bear all responsibility for all Content.

You should not post any information that you do not wish to become public, or any information regarding minor children.

You understand that Content may not be altered or deleted by you after submission. You further understand that your submission may be subject to the Federal Records Act and/or the Presidential Records Act and may be subject to public release according to those statutes.

You represent that you are a United States Citizen or lawfully admitted Permanent Resident at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your state), are freely accepting the terms of this release and are competent to sign this release. You have read the release before signing and fully understand the content, meaning, and impact of this release.

[donnay]

The White House has launched a new tool for people to use if they feel they have been unfairly discriminated against over social media.

The Trump Administration is fighting for free speech online.

No matter your views, if you suspect political bias has caused you to be censored or silenced online, we want to hear about it! https://t.co/9lc0cqUhuf pic.twitter.com/J8ICbx42dz
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 15, 2019

Those who feel they have been wrongly banned, censored or suspended on platforms such as Facebook or Twitter can go to "wh.gov/techbias" where the following mesage will greet them:
"SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Yet too many Americans have seen their accounts suspended, banned, or fraudulently reported for unclear “violations” of user policies.
No matter your views, if you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you, share your story with President Trump."
The idea was immediately supported by Twitter alternative Gab.com, which tweeted: "Excellent, we will email our ~1m users and get you a very large set of data."

Excellent, we will email our ~1m users and get you a very large set of data.
— Gab.com��Dissenter.com (@getongab) May 15, 2019

BREAKING: The Trump White House has just launched a site for Americans to share their stories of bias from big tech companies.

If you have been a victim of big tech social media censorship, please fill out the form to submit your case! ⬇️ https://t.co/pOclNMNMyP
— Mike Tokes (@MikeTokes) May 15, 2019

In April, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) threatened to regulate social media companies after repeated charges from President Trump and other conservatives that Facebook, Twitter and Google have targeted the political speech of conservatives.
"What makes the threat of political censorship so problematic is the lack of transparency, the invisibility, the ability for a handful of giant tech companies to decide if a particular speaker is disfavored," said Cruz during April remarks.
In March, President Trump accused Facebook, Google and Twitter of bias, saying "I do think we have to get to the bottom of it." Trump said that the media giants are building a "stacked deck" against him.
Meanwhile, undercover investigative firm Project Veritas recorded Twitter engineers bragging about shadow banning "a way of talking," as well as targeting conservatives and classifying users who tweet about "guns" and "God" as Russian bots.

Twitter engineers were caught on tape talking about shadow banning, banning "a way of talking," targeting conservatives, classifying users who tweet about "guns" and "God" as Russian bots. #Stopthebias pic.twitter.com/6TwruvFikb
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) March 19, 2019

Perhaps Zero Hedge should report the time Facebook completely banned our our content, only to reverse course the next day and claim they made a 'mistake.'


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-...ley-censorship

Bravo! Bravo


Thanks President Trump for listening to the people who have had their entire platforms removed by Big Tech censorship!

[acptulsa]

You grant the U.S. Government (including, but not limited to the Executive Office of the President) a license to any “Content” (including but not limited to the photographs, information, text, or otherwise) you post or submit on this site.

So if you post it elsewhere, they can sue you for copyright infringement?

[Zippyjuan]

So if you post it elsewhere, they can sue you for copyright infringement?

OOps! Maybe I better delete that!

[specsaregood]

So if you post it elsewhere, they can sue you for copyright infringement?

That isn't what that says, it says you are providing them a license for the content, not that you are assigning them ownership. It doesn't say you are giving them an exclusive license either.

[juleswin]

This is maddening, why are people on this site falling for the most classic form of the Hegelian dialectic? you don't need to regulate these platforms, all you need is to get enough people to boycott these censoring platforms and instead subscribe to their competition. The president closing his twitter account and post everything to gap would do wonders for gab.

The more these monopolies are accepted by govt and regulated, the harder it would be for other to compete with them. Reject this idea now or else you and your children will be stuck with these sort of censoring platforms. Regulations to these companies doesn't kill them, they make em stronger.

[eleganz]

Trying to generate mailing lists? They want name, phone number, email address.

Will it be as useful as the White House petitions which never do anything?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/user-agreement/

TDS is such a reliable mental illness.

[eleganz]

This is maddening, why are people on this site falling for the most classic form of the Hegelian dialectic? you don't need to regulate these platforms, all you need is to get enough people to boycott these censoring platforms and instead subscribe to their competition. The president closing his twitter account and post everything to gap would do wonders for gab.

The more these monopolies are accepted by govt and regulated, the harder it would be for other to compete with them. Reject this idea now or else you and your children will be stuck with these sort of censoring platforms. Regulations to these companies doesn't kill them, they make em stronger.

Not really, these entities lied about simply being a platform (vs. publisher) of free speech to draw users. Now that they cannot stand some speech that doesn't agree with them, they activate the authority to publish or unpublish what they want and call it "dangerous". You cannot sue FB as a publisher even though they act as one.

You really can't have it both ways.

[r3volution 3.0]

Does anybody seriously think that Trump would care about facebook's "monopoly," but for the fact that facebook supports his political opponents?

(incidentally, a perfect commentary on how anti-trust laws are actually used)

Similarly, would Trump care about the injustices of the FISA system, had he not been a target?

...both rhetorical questions, obviously.

[donnay]

Not really, these entities lied about simply being a platform of free speech to draw users. Now that they cannot stand the some narratives, they activate their authority to publish or unpublish what they view as "dangerous". You cannot sue FB as a publisher even though they act as one.

You really can't have it both ways.

They lied before Congress. "Public Square" Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946).

[AngryCanadian]

Remember this is the same facebook banned Italian nationalist parties like M5S movement and its facebook page groups. But haven't banned liberal ones.

[juleswin]

Not really, these entities lied about simply being a platform (vs. publisher) of free speech to draw users. Now that they cannot stand some speech that doesn't agree with them, they activate the authority to publish or unpublish what they want and call it "dangerous". You cannot sue FB as a publisher even though they act as one.

You really can't have it both ways.

So they lied, is that a crime to lie to your customers? Trump lied about a lot of things during the campaign to get voters to vote for him. I personally think the best way to deal with this issue is with the free market tools. Trump is huge of twitter, if he alone bolts from twitter, that would be a huge deal for the competition.

Regardless of what you think they did wrong, this treatment of govt regulation is only going to make em stronger and I do not like it. I am going to open an account on gab even though I don't use twitter type social media just to protest this censorship problem. Actually I wouldn't

[juleswin]

Remember this is the same facebook banned Italian nationalist parties like M5S movement and its facebook page groups. But haven't banned liberal ones.

ISIS had an account on twitter for a very long time before they were banned. Think about it

[Zippyjuan]

Remember this is the same facebook banned Italian nationalist parties like M5S movement and its facebook page groups. But haven't banned liberal ones.

Like this Facebook group- M5S from Italy? https://www.facebook.com/movimentocinquestelle/

[timosman]

What happened to Buy American?

Typeform - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeform_(service)

Typeform is a Barcelona-based online software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in online form building and online surveys.

[Swordsmyth]

So they lied, is that a crime to lie to your customers?

Yes, it is fraud and false advertising and possibly breach of contract.

[juleswin]

Yes, it is fraud and false advertising and possibly breach of contract.

I am not saying they lied, I really don't know. I was trying to say "what if they lied?". It's a free service, they are not holding anyone hostage. Leave if u don't like it.

[eleganz]

So they lied, is that a crime to lie to your customers?

As I said and as you quoted, these entities cannot be sued as publishers because they continue to call themselves platforms.

And as I also said. You can have it one way but you can't have it both ways.

[Brian4Liberty]

I boycotted Twitter months ago. Their filters to successfully bury conservative, libertarian, Tea Party, freedom caucus type posters was obvious.

[Swordsmyth]

I am saying they lied, I was trying to say "what if they lied?". It's a free service, they are not holding anyone hostage. Leave if u don't like it.

I never used them but allowing them to engage in criminal behavior is not a good idea, especially when they are created by or subsidized by government and when they conspire to prevent competition.

[juleswin]

I boycotted Twitter months ago. Their successful filters to bury conservative, libertarian, Tea Party, freedom caucus type posters was obvious.

Twitter Erupts After 2,000 Pro-Venezuelan Accounts Are Deleted

Nearly 2,000 pro-Venezuelan Twitter accounts have been removed for “engaging in a state-backed influence campaign,” the social media company said in a blog post on Thursday.

A total of 1,196 social media accounts based in Venezuela suspected of attempting to “influence domestic audiences” were purged last week.

Another 764 accounts were deleted, although the San Francisco-based company told users, “We are unable to definitively tie the accounts located in Venezuela to information operations of a foreign government against another country.”

Allegations of censorship soon filled the site’s timeline.

Television host for the investigatory series, Empire Files, Abby Martin tweeted, “While pro-coup Venezuelans & right-wing exiles dominate the media sphere, tech companies are actively censoring pro-government accounts they say are working to "influence" people.”

Another journalist, Ben Norton, accused the company

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/14294

They seem to be equal opportunity offenders, they also ban people on the "left". They seem to be just pro empire, maybe that is why Trump likes em so much

[Brian4Liberty]

Yes, it is fraud and false advertising and possibly breach of contract.

I am saying they lied, I was trying to say "what if they lied?". It's a free service, they are not holding anyone hostage. Leave if u don't like it.

Damages for a fraudulent free service would likely be zero. You can get your money back...

[juleswin]

I never used them but allowing them to engage in criminal behavior is not a good idea, especially when they are created by or subsidized by government and when they conspire to prevent competition.

Criminal behaviour? come on man. But if they are being subsidized by the govt, that needs to end now. This would start by the president switching over to gab immediately.

[Brian4Liberty]

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/14294

They seem to be equal opportunity offenders, they also ban people on the "left". They seem to be just pro empire, maybe that is why Trump likes em so much

Many “libertarians” have been categorized as “pro-Venezuela” because of their opposition to US interference in foriegn matters.

Twitter is basically run by the SJW Antifa Democrat left, so of course they love empires and globalism.

[timosman]

I boycotted Twitter months ago. Their filters to successfully bury conservative, libertarian, Tea Party, freedom caucus type posters was obvious.

[juleswin]

Many “libertarians” have been categorized as “pro-Venezuela” because of their opposition to US interference in foriegn matters.

Twitter is basically run by the SJW Antifa Democrat left, so of course they love empires and globalism.

Libertarians when discussing Venezuela are usually anti interventionists (like me), the people banned were pro govt(Venezuela). I doubt many of these people are libertarian. But they do ban people from the left who speak out against the empire.

[timosman]

Criminal behaviour? come on man. But if they are being subsidized by the govt, that needs to end now. This would start by the president switching over to gab immediately.

Let's say the relationship between Twitter and the government is a little bit more complex.

[AngryCanadian]

Like this Facebook group- M5S from Italy? https://www.facebook.com/movimentocinquestelle/

The joke is on them actually. M5S is actually a bit leftist not right wing nationalist dispute their anti EU statements in the past. But i guess if your going up agaisnt Renzi's DP party and his buddies you will get attacked or censored for speaking out agaisnt the DP.

By the way Zippyjuan the Italian liberals DP is that same party in which in 2014 they used black market data to boost GDP numbers for the Economy.