The policy of censorship in the social network “Facebook” suited the liberals exactly as long as it did not affect them.
Purging unwanted accounts and communities is a long-standing practice on Facebook. It affected many media outlets that spread information objectionable to Western elites. In particular, the administration of the social network began to block links to News Front publications. But all this has been hypocritically ignored by those who call themselves champions of democracy and freedom of speech. Moreover, they supported Facebook’s methods, especially when the network began to block supporters of Donald Trump. However, in the process it became clear that Facebook began to include some liberals among the extremists. Now the latter are indignant.
According to The Guardian, the latest wave of Facebook sweeps went relatively unnoticed by most media outlets. The network administration then blocked everything that could interfere with the inauguration of Joe Biden. At the same time, the restrictions also affected many left-wing users in the United States. Although Facebook’s censorship policy has always been justified in the West, the authors call the blocked liberals “victims”. Notably, attempts to challenge the decisions were rejected by Facebook’s management.
“This sets a dangerous precedent, made even more disturbing by Facebook’s suppression of black viewpoints and its tendency to view far — left and far-right activists as one and the same”, – the article says.
It is also noted that the administration of the social network “persecuted people for speaking out against racism”. In particular, the account of a black social activist Natasha Marin was blocked.
Against this background, liberal circles suddenly began to criticize the practice of violating freedom of speech. However, even if they feel the censorship, they only claim that it is unacceptable to equate left-wing radicals with the ultra-right.