{"id":1057170,"date":"2021-11-26T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057170"},"modified":"2021-11-26T12:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:14:15","slug":"facebook-reportedly-censored-pro-kyle-rittenhouse-posts-throughout-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-reportedly-censored-pro-kyle-rittenhouse-posts-throughout-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Reportedly Censored Pro-Kyle Rittenhouse Posts Throughout Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-reportedly-censored-pro-kyle-rittenhouse-posts-throughout-saga%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=1057170&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>Facebook reportedly censored posts that appeared to counter the Leftist narrative that Kyle Rittenhouse was guilty despite video evidence that he acted in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post\u2019s editorial board <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/25\/facebook-declared-kyle-rittenhouse-guilty-from-the-start\/\">wrote<\/a> on Thursday that \u201cbarely a week\u201d after Rittenhouse shot three people during Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Facebook announced that it had \u201cdesignated the shooting in Kenosha a mass murder and are removing posts in support of the shooter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust for starters: Killing two people is mass murder now? Sure looks like the social-media giant\u2019s staff just reached for the nearest excuse to suppress posts that conflicted with their personal prejudices \u2014 and no higher-up bothered to correct the call,\u201d the Post wrote. \u201cThe blackout went far and wide: Facebook actively policed its users for pro-Kyle Rittenhouse posts and removed the content. It even targeted posts from legal scholars arguing the merits of his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/23\/kyle-rittenhouse-attorney-releases-video-in-self-defense-claim\/\">self-defense case.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Gainor, vice president of the Media Research Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/20\/critic-blasts-facebooks-power-after-kyle-rittenhouse-verdict\/\">told<\/a> the Post earlier in the week that even Rittenhouse stories that were allowed on the social media platform were suppressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the big things that they did was manipulate the search engine so you couldn\u2019t even find any references to Kyle Rittenhouse,\u201d Gainor told the outlet. \u201cThey\u2019re out of touch with normal people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Post\u2019s editorial board noted, Facebook \u201cactively policed its users for pro-Rittenhouse posts.\u201d For example, as Wisconsin Right Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/2021\/11\/14\/kyle-rittenhouse-facebook-ban\/\">reported<\/a>, Facebook allegedly labeled Rittenhouse a \u201cdangerous person or organization\u201d and banned people who provided legal analysis of his case.<\/p>\n<p>An article from WRN that analyzed Wisconsin law was deemed to have violated Facebook\u2019s \u201cstandards on dangerous individuals and organizations. We don\u2019t allow symbols, praise or support of dangerous individuals or organizations on Facebook. We define dangerous as things like: terrorist activity, organized hate or violence, mass or serial murder, human trafficking, criminal or harmful activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/27\/facebook-employee-warned-colleagues-were-drunk-on-power-docs\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">reported<\/a> late last month that one Facebook employee attempted to call out the company\u2019s censorship, saying it was \u201cdrunk on power.\u201d Most employees, however, lean decidedly left, and favored the censorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rioting has been going on for over three months and it\u2019s only an issue now because people inside the company saw violence they didn\u2019t like,\u201d the Facebook employee said in internal documents obtained by the Post. \u201cEmployees are drunk on the absolute power of being in control of civics in America, without ever having to visit a voting booth (if voting is even an option).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter also reportedly attempted to censor information that didn\u2019t support the Left\u2019s preferred narrative surrounding Rittenhouse. GoFundMe initially refused to allow fundraisers for Rittenhouse\u2019s defense, but eventually reversed the decision after he was acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times also appears to have censored an article that described the reality of the Kenosha riots until after President Joe Biden was elected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-nyt-reporter-story-about-effects-of-kenosha-riots-was-held-until-after-the-election\">according to a former reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the reason for holding the piece, covering the suffering after the riots was not a priority. The reality that brought Kyle Rittenhouse into the streets was one we reporters were meant to ignore. The old man who tried to put out a blaze at a Kenosha store&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/26\/elderly-man-defending-store-during-kenosha-riots-has-jaw-broken\/\">had his jaw broken<\/a>,\u201d wrote the author of the article, Nellie Bowles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you lived in those neighborhoods on fire, you were not supposed to get an extinguisher. The proper response \u2014 the only acceptable response \u2014 was to see the brick and mortar torn down, to watch the fires burn and to say: thank you,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook reportedly censored posts that appeared to counter the Leftist narrative that Kyle Rittenhouse was guilty despite video evidence that he acted in self-defense.The New York Post\u2019s editorial board wrote on Thursday that \u201cbarely a week\u201d after Rittenhouse shot three people during Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Facebook announced that it had \u201cdesignated the shooting in Kenosha a mass murder and are removing posts in support of the shooter.\u201d\u201cJust for starters: Killing two people is mass murder now? Sure looks like the social-media giant\u2019s staff just reached for the nearest excuse to suppress posts that conflicted with their personal prejudices \u2014 and no higher-up bothered to correct the call,\u201d the Post wrote. \u201cThe blackout went far and wide: Facebook actively policed its users for pro-Kyle Rittenhouse posts and removed the content. It even targeted posts from legal scholars arguing the merits of his\u00a0self-defense case.\u201dDan Gainor, vice president of the Media Research Center, told the Post earlier in the week that even Rittenhouse stories that were allowed on the social media platform were suppressed.\u201cOne of the big things that they did was manipulate the search engine so you couldn\u2019t even find any references to Kyle Rittenhouse,\u201d Gainor told the outlet. \u201cThey\u2019re out of touch with normal people.\u201dAs the Post\u2019s editorial board noted, Facebook \u201cactively policed its users for pro-Rittenhouse posts.\u201d For example, as Wisconsin Right Now reported, Facebook allegedly labeled Rittenhouse a \u201cdangerous person or organization\u201d and banned people who provided legal analysis of his case.An article from WRN that analyzed Wisconsin law was deemed to have violated Facebook\u2019s \u201cstandards on dangerous individuals and organizations. We don\u2019t allow symbols, praise or support of dangerous individuals or organizations on Facebook. We define dangerous as things like: terrorist activity, organized hate or violence, mass or serial murder, human trafficking, criminal or harmful activity.\u201dThe Post reported late last month that one Facebook employee attempted to call out the company\u2019s censorship, saying it was \u201cdrunk on power.\u201d Most employees, however, lean decidedly left, and favored the censorship.\u201cThe rioting has been going on for over three months and it\u2019s only an issue now because people inside the company saw violence they didn\u2019t like,\u201d the Facebook employee said in internal documents obtained by the Post. \u201cEmployees are drunk on the absolute power of being in control of civics in America, without ever having to visit a voting booth (if voting is even an option).\u201dTwitter also reportedly attempted to censor information that didn\u2019t support the Left\u2019s preferred narrative surrounding Rittenhouse. GoFundMe initially refused to allow fundraisers for Rittenhouse\u2019s defense, but eventually reversed the decision after he was acquitted.The New York Times also appears to have censored an article that described the reality of the Kenosha riots until after President Joe Biden was elected, according to a former reporter.\u201cWhatever the reason for holding the piece, covering the suffering after the riots was not a priority. The reality that brought Kyle Rittenhouse into the streets was one we reporters were meant to ignore. The old man who tried to put out a blaze at a Kenosha store\u00a0had his jaw broken,\u201d wrote the author of the article, Nellie Bowles.\u201cIf you lived in those neighborhoods on fire, you were not supposed to get an extinguisher. The proper response \u2014 the only acceptable response \u2014 was to see the brick and mortar torn down, to watch the fires burn and to say: thank you,\u201d she concluded.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}