{"id":1192590,"date":"2022-01-06T00:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T05:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1192590"},"modified":"2022-01-06T00:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T05:04:35","slug":"after-public-outcry-facebook-reverses-decision-banning-conservative-childrens-book-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-public-outcry-facebook-reverses-decision-banning-conservative-childrens-book-publisher\/","title":{"rendered":"After Public Outcry, Facebook Reverses Decision Banning Conservative Children\u2019s Book Publisher"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fafter-public-outcry-facebook-reverses-decision-banning-conservative-childrens-book-publisher%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=1192590&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>Following public outcry over its decision to lock a conservative children\u2019s book publisher out of its account and prevent it from advertising, Facebook reinstated Heroes of Liberty\u2019s access to the platform Monday.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-far-will-the-big-tech-oligarchy-go-facebook-permanently-disables-new-conservative-children-books-publishers-ads-account\">reported<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/03\/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world\/\">Heroes of Liberty<\/a>, launched on November 14, offers biographies of such American heroes as President Ronald Reagan and economist Thomas Sowell to young readers. On December 23, Facebook locked the account, preventing it from posting ads. When the publisher appealed the ruling, Facebook responded by claiming that because Heroes of Liberty didn\u2019t \u201ccomply with [their] policy on Low Quality or Disruptive Content,\u201d it was permanently disabling the account.<\/p>\n<p>One final appeal from the publisher brought this reply: \u201cAfter a final review of this ad account, we confirmed it didn\u2019t comply with our Advertising Policies or other standards. You can no longer advertise with this ad account and its ads and assets will remain disabled. This is our final decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Editor Bethany Mandel took to Twitter to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethanyshondark\/status\/1478012623547469826?s=20\">share<\/a> her disappointment with the ruling. \u201cMy new children\u2019s book publishing company, @HeroesOfLiberty, was dealt a real blow going into the New Year, when we were banned by Facebook,\u201d she said on January 3, adding:<\/p>\n<p><em>Our books are designed to inspire children. We invested much of our seed capital in building our brand on Facebook \u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When Facebook shut down our account, we lost all the data that we carefully gathered for the last six months. We can\u2019t communicate with the audience that we built. Our ad account is permanently disabled. The consequences to our business could be devastating.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mandel also went on Fox Business, telling the cable news outlet, \u201cWe are not in politics; we are in the business of creating beautiful stories about great people that will entertain children and give them life lessons. To cancel children\u2019s books because they celebrate American values that 90% of Americans believe in isn\u2019t even anti-conservative bias, it\u2019s anti-American. Pure madness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reaction, high profile figures like Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1478030167121477633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1478030167121477633%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fhow-far-will-the-big-tech-oligarchy-go-facebook-permanently-disables-new-conservative-children-books-publishers-ads-account\">expressed<\/a> disgust for Facebook\u2019s treatment of the company. \u201cWhen conservatives start independent publishing outlets and platforms, #BigTech companies like Facebook now work to destroy them,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThis latest example is particularly galling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manuel\u2019s complaint was also picked up by Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brithume\/status\/1478180260277800967?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> later that evening, at 8:23 p.m., \u201cThis is sickening. The books were about Ronald Reagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Thomas Sowell. Facebook blocked ads for them claiming they violate a policy against \u2018low-quality or disruptive\u2019 content. What bullsh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An hour later, Andy Stone, policy communications director at Facebook\u2019s parent company, Meta, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andymstone\/status\/1478190550620774402?s=20\">replied<\/a> to Hume that the ban was an \u201cerror\u201d that \u201cshould not have happened.\u201d Later, Facebook told multiple legislators and media figures who\u2019d commented on the issue that it had made a mistake, though Mandel said the tech giant failed to reach out directly to her or her company, and she discovered Facebook had reversed its decision on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Former Babylon Bee writer Frank Fleming <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMAO_\/status\/1478482123090767883?s=20\">summed up<\/a> the episode, saying, \u201cSo when they say \u2018This is our final decision\u2019 they mean \u2018This is our final decision unless you can cause a large enough outcry to force us to review it again.\u2019\u201d<\/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>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following public outcry over its decision to lock a conservative children\u2019s book publisher out of its account and prevent it from advertising, Facebook reinstated Heroes of Liberty\u2019s access to the platform Monday. 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