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Posted: 2/1/2021 4:23:28 PM EDT
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/536741-conservatives-claims-of-online-censorship-a-form-of-disinformation-report
Claims that conservative voices are being censored online by social media platforms are not backed by evidence and are themselves a disinformation narrative, according to a report released Monday. The New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights’ report concluded that anti-conservative bias claims, boosted by some top Republican lawmakers including former President Trump, are not based on any tangible evidence. “The claim of anti-conservative animus is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it. No trustworthy large-scale studies have determined that conservative content is being removed for ideological reasons or that searches are being manipulated to favor liberal interests,” the report stated. Republicans have ramped up accusations that social media companies have an anti-conservative bias after Facebook and Twitter took action to ban Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Twitter says it has permanently banned the former president from its platform, while Facebook is leaving the final decision up to its independent oversight body. The allegation of censorship has been key in Republicans’ attacks on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects social media platforms from liability associated with third-party content posted on their sites. Despite the repeated accusations by Republicans, the report found that by “many measures, conservative voices — including that of the ex-president, until he was banished from Twitter and Facebook — often are dominant in online political debates.” For example, the report highlighted the engagement on Trump’s Facebook page compared to now-President Biden’s page during the three months leading up to Election Day. Trump elicited 87 percent of the total 307 million post interactions between the two, compared to Biden’s 13 percent. Additionally, the report noted that Fox News and Breitbart News led the pack in terms of Facebook interactions with posts by media organizations from Jan. 1 through Nov. 3 of last year. Fox News had 448 million interactions and Breitbart had 295 million; the closest behind them was CNN, at 191 million interactions. With Biden in office, Republicans have continued to push back against Section 230 over the unfounded accusations of anti-conservative biases. The report recommends the Biden administration work with Congress to update Section 230, rather than pushing for a repeal of the law as Trump sought before leaving office. “The controversial law should be amended so that its liability shield is conditional, based on social media companies’ acceptance of a range of new responsibilities related to policing content. One of the new platform obligations could be ensuring that algorithms involved in content ranking and recommendation not favor sensationalistic or unreliable material in pursuit of user engagement,” the report stated. Biden’s nominee to serve as the secretary of Commerce, current Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D), said last week during a Senate confirmation hearing that the law needs some reform, indicating the administration is open to amending it. Biden during his presidential campaign said Section 230 should be revoked, but he has largely not detailed plans moving forward. View Quote |
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Read the comments in that article and you see what an echo chamber looks like.
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Nice way to discount and demonize conservatives when they complain about being discounted and demonized.
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"Show us evidence of all these people who can't post or say anything!"
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If it were bullshit (or truly only affecting conservatives) Karl at Inrange wouldn't be talking about it.
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I don't remember a similar article about how Russia coluded with the Trump campaign?
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What do you suppose people with something to say will resort to when they are not allowed to be heard?
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Quoted: If that's the case then why was Parler nuked? View Quote Nonsense, peasant. Their hosting allocation was increased to zero, that's all. They're being obnoxious on purpose. The left desperately wants their opponents to commit acts of terror because they don't see any other way to crack down as hard as they're going to need to in order to accomplish their goals. But they're assuming it's a fight they'll win. If a bunch of goatfuckers in Afghanistan comprise the graveyard of empires, I'm not sure what the fuck they think is going to go down in Appalachia, or the Ozarks, or half of Idaho or Texas. Meanwhile, their worst nightmare is day to day stuff just... not working right anymore, without any stupid flashy attacks. Deplorables keep the lights on, put food on the table, and make water come out when you hit the tap. |
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Yes, and ignorance is strength, knowledge is slavery, and war is peace. Either all that, or they're getting high on their own supply again.
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Whatever they're smoking, I want a lifetime supply. Hell, if they're smoking what I THINK they're smoking, I could take it to downtown Atlanta and make myself rich!
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Quoted: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/536741-conservatives-claims-of-online-censorship-a-form-of-disinformation-report Claims that conservative voices are being censored online by social media platforms are not backed by evidence and are themselves a disinformation narrative, according to a report released Monday. The New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights’ report concluded that anti-conservative bias claims, boosted by some top Republican lawmakers including former President Trump, are not based on any tangible evidence. “The claim of anti-conservative animus is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it. No trustworthy large-scale studies have determined that conservative content is being removed for ideological reasons or that searches are being manipulated to favor liberal interests,” the report stated. Republicans have ramped up accusations that social media companies have an anti-conservative bias after Facebook and Twitter took action to ban Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Twitter says it has permanently banned the former president from its platform, while Facebook is leaving the final decision up to its independent oversight body. The allegation of censorship has been key in Republicans’ attacks on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects social media platforms from liability associated with third-party content posted on their sites. Despite the repeated accusations by Republicans, the report found that by “many measures, conservative voices — including that of the ex-president, until he was banished from Twitter and Facebook — often are dominant in online political debates.” For example, the report highlighted the engagement on Trump’s Facebook page compared to now-President Biden’s page during the three months leading up to Election Day. Trump elicited 87 percent of the total 307 million post interactions between the two, compared to Biden’s 13 percent. Additionally, the report noted that Fox News and Breitbart News led the pack in terms of Facebook interactions with posts by media organizations from Jan. 1 through Nov. 3 of last year. Fox News had 448 million interactions and Breitbart had 295 million; the closest behind them was CNN, at 191 million interactions. With Biden in office, Republicans have continued to push back against Section 230 over the unfounded accusations of anti-conservative biases. The report recommends the Biden administration work with Congress to update Section 230, rather than pushing for a repeal of the law as Trump sought before leaving office. “The controversial law should be amended so that its liability shield is conditional, based on social media companies’ acceptance of a range of new responsibilities related to policing content. One of the new platform obligations could be ensuring that algorithms involved in content ranking and recommendation not favor sensationalistic or unreliable material in pursuit of user engagement,” the report stated. Biden’s nominee to serve as the secretary of Commerce, current Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D), said last week during a Senate confirmation hearing that the law needs some reform, indicating the administration is open to amending it. Biden during his presidential campaign said Section 230 should be revoked, but he has largely not detailed plans moving forward. View Quote View Quote It's OK, we'll get them in 2022 and take back the White House in 2024. Attached File |
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Yeah that's why every time you search for something bad about Biden you get google sponsored ads about how great Biden is.
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Quoted: Nonsense, peasant. Their hosting allocation was increased to zero, that's all. They're being obnoxious on purpose. The left desperately wants their opponents to commit acts of terror because they don't see any other way to crack down as hard as they're going to need to in order to accomplish their goals. But they're assuming it's a fight they'll win. If a bunch of goatfuckers in Afghanistan comprise the graveyard of empires, I'm not sure what the fuck they think is going to go down in Appalachia, or the Ozarks, or half of Idaho or Texas. Meanwhile, their worst nightmare is day to day stuff just... not working right anymore, without any stupid flashy attacks. Deplorables keep the lights on, put food on the table, and make water come out when you hit the tap. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: If that's the case then why was Parler nuked? Nonsense, peasant. Their hosting allocation was increased to zero, that's all. They're being obnoxious on purpose. The left desperately wants their opponents to commit acts of terror because they don't see any other way to crack down as hard as they're going to need to in order to accomplish their goals. But they're assuming it's a fight they'll win. If a bunch of goatfuckers in Afghanistan comprise the graveyard of empires, I'm not sure what the fuck they think is going to go down in Appalachia, or the Ozarks, or half of Idaho or Texas. Meanwhile, their worst nightmare is day to day stuff just... not working right anymore, without any stupid flashy attacks. Deplorables keep the lights on, put food on the table, and make water come out when you hit the tap. That's a myth. There's plenty of soldiers, cops, firefighters, plumbers, electricians, oil workers, etc. That are LibTards. |
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Quoted: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/536741-conservatives-claims-of-online-censorship-a-form-of-disinformation-report Claims that conservative voices are being censored online by social media platforms are not backed by evidence and are themselves a disinformation narrative, according to a report released Monday. The New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights’ report concluded that anti-conservative bias claims, boosted by some top Republican lawmakers including former President Trump, are not based on any tangible evidence. “The claim of anti-conservative animus is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it. No trustworthy large-scale studies have determined that conservative content is being removed for ideological reasons or that searches are being manipulated to favor liberal interests,” the report stated. Republicans have ramped up accusations that social media companies have an anti-conservative bias after Facebook and Twitter took action to ban Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Twitter says it has permanently banned the former president from its platform, while Facebook is leaving the final decision up to its independent oversight body. The allegation of censorship has been key in Republicans’ attacks on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects social media platforms from liability associated with third-party content posted on their sites. Despite the repeated accusations by Republicans, the report found that by “many measures, conservative voices — including that of the ex-president, until he was banished from Twitter and Facebook — often are dominant in online political debates.” For example, the report highlighted the engagement on Trump’s Facebook page compared to now-President Biden’s page during the three months leading up to Election Day. Trump elicited 87 percent of the total 307 million post interactions between the two, compared to Biden’s 13 percent. Additionally, the report noted that Fox News and Breitbart News led the pack in terms of Facebook interactions with posts by media organizations from Jan. 1 through Nov. 3 of last year. Fox News had 448 million interactions and Breitbart had 295 million; the closest behind them was CNN, at 191 million interactions. With Biden in office, Republicans have continued to push back against Section 230 over the unfounded accusations of anti-conservative biases. The report recommends the Biden administration work with Congress to update Section 230, rather than pushing for a repeal of the law as Trump sought before leaving office. “The controversial law should be amended so that its liability shield is conditional, based on social media companies’ acceptance of a range of new responsibilities related to policing content. One of the new platform obligations could be ensuring that algorithms involved in content ranking and recommendation not favor sensationalistic or unreliable material in pursuit of user engagement,” the report stated. Biden’s nominee to serve as the secretary of Commerce, current Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D), said last week during a Senate confirmation hearing that the law needs some reform, indicating the administration is open to amending it. Biden during his presidential campaign said Section 230 should be revoked, but he has largely not detailed plans moving forward. View Quote View Quote This is something only a lot of CoC stuff is going to fix. |
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The evidence is over in that pile of election fraud evidence you also can't see.
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We fucking watched the censorship in real time leading up to and after the election.
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The real problem is there are zero consequences for authoring a piece of bullshit like this.
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Quoted: The Hill has really gone downhill. View Quote THIS. The Hill was the only left-leaning media outlet that publicly announced they would boycott all future WH Correspondence Dinners because the 'entertainment,' had become too hatefully unfunny/far left. Since then apparently they took a look at the cancel culture, BLM and Antifa, and decided safety comes first. |
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I suppose this means the Harper's letter was mere fiction. Noam Chomsky and Bari Weis had been radicalized by the "conservatives".
Amusingly, that title alone isn't wrong. It isn't conservatives that are being specifically deplatformed, demonitized, and otherwise algorithmically suppressed, no, it is simply anyone who is non-compliant to the burgeoning Neo-Liberal mono-culture that has taken hold within our government and corporate bodies. That those two entities are now operating in a more perfect union since Trump's removal only serves to clarify this. You will now know what it is like to be a despondent minority cloistered by a hostile majority. Imagine it less like the niceties of current western minority-maroity strife, and more along the lines of Chinese stewardship of their minorities. If they are willing to refer to Bernie Sanders as so:
What do you suppose will soon be done to you? |
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Everybody better get with the program or lose.
It is NOT about facts. You can't make it about facts. Arguing facts only irritates people until you inevitably lose your temper. |
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Quoted: The real problem is there are zero consequences for authoring a piece of bullshit like this. View Quote It's an incestuous relationship between academia, journalist, NGOs, and government. If you look at the document the journalist uses as the basis for the news piece, the endnotes are all links to news articles, social media posts, and reports from NGOs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6df958f8370af3217d4178/t/6011e68dec2c7013d3caf3cb/1611785871154/NYU+False+Accusation+report_FINAL.pdf#page=21 It's a giant circle jerk that bounces the narrative off institutions to give the appearance of being legitimate. |
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Quoted: Gaslighting. It's not just for cheating spouses anymore. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes This. The media is absolutely horrible. Repeat a lie often enough.... Quoted: If they are willing to refer to Bernie Sanders as so:
They will eat their own, and hopefully they will do it enough that people will really start to see it and react. When the #WalkAway page was nuked on FB for no real reason other than they didn't toe the monoculture line any longer... yeah, it's pure ideological cleansing. Evil always turns in on itself. |
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"This article has been removed because it violates community standards"
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Of course there is no tangible evidence. They deleted it you dumb fuck.
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