I’ve written many times about Facebook’s continuous efforts to alter their products and services to censor Christians and conservatives. And I’ve written about how they have spread misinformation and censored true stories in order to help their allies in the Democrat party. But now Facebook is claiming that they will change their old ways. Should we believe them?
This article from The Federalist collects together many stories of their past actions.
Meta has repeatedly displayed anti-conservative prejudice. For example, it directly censored The Federalist at least 11 times, suspended the Facebook account of the America First Policy Institute, and restricted the account of conservative Hillsdale College.
When asked why users should vote for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump, Meta AI told users positive things about the Democrat but negative things about the Republican. Research has shown that media bias can shift elections.
Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO, also directly poured $350 million through nonprofits into local election offices in 2020. The funding helped boost turnout in mostly Democrat areas, and enabled left-wing groups like the Center for Tech and Civic Life to meddle in local election processes.
That same year, the company engaged in government collusion to exert draconian control over public discussions online about a prudent Covid-19 response. It also caved to pressure from the FBI to censor the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story as “Russian misinformation” — even though the story proved true.
So, should we think that Zuckerberg and his secular left lackeys have turned over a new leaf? Or, are they just trying to avoid jail time by sucking up to Trump (who is prone to sycophant behavior). Time will tell. I don’t have any faith in Big Tech. You can tell what they think from their political donations, which is disproportionately delivered to Democrat party candidate. And their political convictions definitely do affect their products and services. If it were up to me, they would be charged, tried, fined and imprisoned. For years.
I think your skepticism about Facebook’s “repentance” is warranted.
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Yes. I deleted my FB account in 2020, when they canceled President Trump. I would be craven and wrong to start an account now based on what I have seen and heard from Zuckerberg. He should pay for the damage he caused. If after he pays, then I can consider joining again.
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