{"id":1033162,"date":"2021-11-19T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033162"},"modified":"2021-11-19T16:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:58:38","slug":"facebook-and-twitter-silent-on-whether-kyle-rittenhouse-support-is-still-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-and-twitter-silent-on-whether-kyle-rittenhouse-support-is-still-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Twitter Silent on Whether Kyle Rittenhouse Support Is Still Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebook-and-twitter-silent-on-whether-kyle-rittenhouse-support-is-still-banned%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Facebook and Twitter banned support for Kyle Rittenhouse across their platforms shortly after the Kenosha riots. After a jury in Wisconsin found Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges brought against him, those same platforms refuse to say if support for the teenager is still banned.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse was found not guilty on five charges including first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. The presiding judge, Bruce Schroeder, also dismissed two additional weapons charges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17833162\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jack-Dorsey-looking-faded.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17833162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jack-Dorsey-looking-faded.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Dorsey at Bitcoin conference ( Joe Raedle \/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18781754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rittenhouse-Selects-Jurors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18781754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rittenhouse-Selects-Jurors.jpg\" alt=\"KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 16: Kyle Rittenhouse pulls numbers of jurors out of a tumbler during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 16, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The jurors selected through this process will not participate in deliberations. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, was 17 at the time of the shooting and armed with an assault rifle. He faces counts of felony homicide and felony attempted homicide. (Photo by Sean Krajacic-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">KENOSHA, WISCONSIN \u2013 NOVEMBER 16: Kyle Rittenhouse pulls numbers of jurors out of a tumbler during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 16, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo by Sean Krajacic-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/16\/bokhari-silicon-valley-found-guilty-rittenhouse-long-before-his-trial\/\">As Breitbart News recently reported<\/a>, Big Tech companies continued to censor statements of support for Rittenhouse, even as the prosecution\u2019s case fell apart:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8.0632411067194\">\n<p>Over a year old, the ban is still in place on both Facebook and Instagram and is even catching&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/15\/senate-candidate-josh-mandel-slams-silicon-valley-thugs-after-facebook-censors-rittenhouse-meme\/\">GOP Senate candidates like Josh Mandel in its net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook says supporting Rittenhouse violates its guidelines on \u201cviolence or dangerous organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Users on Twitter also report that the platform is still suspending them for supporting Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8411214953271\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can make up complete lies about Kyle Rittenhouse and you won&#8217;t get banned.<\/p>\n<p>But if you say Kyle Rittenhouse was innocent, you will be. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kIyyTcujSA\">pic.twitter.com\/kIyyTcujSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPNH\/status\/1457821248780750855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.0422535211268\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tos<\/a> i just got suspended for 12 hours for this tweet. lmao you&#8217;re a fucking joke twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/freekyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#freekyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kyleisinnocent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kyleisinnocent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mKdcKFE259\">pic.twitter.com\/mKdcKFE259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf4cPsychoJosh\ud83c\udf53(comms OPEN) (@FruitBowlPsycho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FruitBowlPsycho\/status\/1455843325584429056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News reached to both Facebook and Twitter to inquire if their bans on support for Rittenhouse are still active in light of the verdict, and asking if the platforms\u2019 rules make a distinction between support for violence and support for legal self-defense. Thus far, neither company has responded.<\/p>\n<p>GoFundMe, the fundraising platform that banned fundraisers in support of Rittenhouse shortly after the Kenosha riot, did make a statement, saying that fundraisers in support of Rittenhouse would be allowed in light of the teenager\u2019s acquittal, and said they only banned fundraisers after charges for violent crime were brought against him.<\/p>\n<p>As conservatives on Twitter quickly pointed out, GoFundMe is perfectly comfortable hosting fundraisers for other individuals charged with violence and other crimes \u2014 so long as they are supporters of Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.581151832461\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your garbage website is actively soliciting legal defense cash for violent BLM activists facing charges for felony rioting, assaulting cops, and\u2014I kid you not\u2014\u201cbank robbery during [a] George Floyd riot,\u201d not to mention the countless rioter bail funds you\u2019re currently hosting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MOCp6WjItK\">https:\/\/t.co\/MOCp6WjItK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3gpKxaHew\">pic.twitter.com\/v3gpKxaHew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1461798633242832912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GoFundMe switched off replies to its tweet, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timcadogan\">and its CEO locked his account<\/a> shortly after the verdict. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/\">GiveSendGo<\/a>, a Christian-owned platform that allowed pro-Rittenhouse fundraisers throughout the trial, slammed its competitor for rushing to judgement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.286231884058\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why we let the facts come out and not just shut down on side of the narrative. GiveSendGo is not pro-left or pro-right, instead we are pro everyone getting the chance to have their voices heard! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7jsVjvOnBV\">pic.twitter.com\/7jsVjvOnBV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GiveSendGo (@GiveSendGo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiveSendGo\/status\/1461788345063854082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Neither Facebook, Twitter, nor GoFundMe made any comprehensive effort to stop people using their platforms to support the violent, race-fueled riots that swept American cities in the summer of 2020, that left dozens dead, caused over $1 billion in property damage, and led to the assaults on Rittenhouse that caused him to fire in self-defense. In Twitter\u2019s case, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FruitBowlPsycho\/status\/1455843325584429056?s=20\">the platform was even used to identify looting targets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook and Twitter banned support for Kyle Rittenhouse across their platforms shortly after the Kenosha riots. 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