{"id":552530,"date":"2021-06-04T13:06:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552530"},"modified":"2021-06-04T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:06:30","slug":"facebook-to-reverse-protections-for-politicians-heres-why-thats-bad-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-to-reverse-protections-for-politicians-heres-why-thats-bad-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook To Reverse Protections For Politicians. Here\u2019s Why That\u2019s Bad For Everyone."},"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-to-reverse-protections-for-politicians-heres-why-thats-bad-for-everyone%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=552530&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1173369891.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Facebook\u2019s expected announcement that they will be ending their policy of \u201cspecial\u201d protections for politicians on their platform indicates that Facebook \u2014 whose CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the few high-profile figures in the tech world who has vocally argued in favor of free speech \u2014 is caving to the Left\u2019s increasingly aggressive censorship demands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Looking back at 2019, the Facebook CEO sparked outrage among Democrats when he dared to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/17\/business\/zuckerberg-facebook-free-speech.html\"><span>argue in favor<\/span><\/a><span> of \u201cfree expression.\u201d Flying in the face of leftists who saw Facebook as a tool that should either be wielded in the pursuit of \u201cprogressivism\u201d \u2014 i.e. the censorship of conservative thought \u2014 or suppressed entirely, Facebook announced an almost unprecedented policy for politicians in the world of social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t believe \u2026 that it\u2019s an appropriate role for us to referee political debates and prevent a politician\u2019s speech from reaching its audience and being subject to public debate and scrutiny,\u201d said Facebook vice president of global affairs, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2019\/09\/elections-and-political-speech\/\"><span>Nick Clegg<\/span><\/a><span>, in 2019. \u201cThat\u2019s why Facebook exempts politicians from our third-party fact-checking program.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clegg also added that, \u201cwe will treat speech from politicians as newsworthy content that should, as a general rule, be seen and heard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Flashforward to 2021. Donald Trump remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/facebooks-oversight-board-are-feckless-bureaucrats-doing-nothing-but-wasting-time-as-our-freedom-of-speech-is-taken-away\">banished<\/a> from both Facebook and Instagram \u2014 after Facebook\u2019s \u201cOversight Board\u201d upheld his indefinite suspension, alleging \u201cthat the two posts by Mr. Trump on January 6 severely violated Facebook\u2019s Community Standards and Instagram\u2019s Community Guidelines,\u201d claiming that phrases like \u201cWe love you. You\u2019re very special,\u201d \u201cgreat patriots,\u201d and \u201cremember this day forever\u201d had \u201cviolated Facebook\u2019s rules prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This demonstrably absurd decision has appeared to open the door to action against conservatives more broadly. Facebook\u2019s latest expected announcement \u2014 that politicians \u201cwill for\u00a0<\/span><span>the first time be opened up to enforcement against more rules for things like bullying that Facebook\u2019s moderators apply to other users,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/3\/22474738\/facebook-ending-political-figure-exemption-moderation-policy\">The Verge<\/a> puts it \u2014 stands as a clear warning that political speech is under more attack on the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While many will argue that this was already the case, it\u2019s crucial to understand the line that is being crossed. Political rhetoric \u2014 both from those on the Left and the Right \u2014 is subjective by design. Politics is subjectivity. The purpose of Facebook\u2019s original policy was to acknowledge this fact by not holding politicians to the same content standards \u2014 to some extent \u2014 as \u201cother\u201d users.\u00a0<\/span><span>However, by applying content moderation that \u2014 by its very nature \u2014 will be subjective, conservatives will almost certainly bear the brunt of Big Tech\u2019s leftward political leanings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We are slowly witnessing the forced expulsion of conservative ideology from Big Tech\u2019s \u201cOverton Window.\u201d It\u2019s time to realize what is going on, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/why-conservatives-shouldnt-voluntarily-leave-twitter-facebook-or-youtube\">push for our right to a seat at the table<\/a>. <\/span><span>If we fail, we\u2019ll soon find ourselves homeless in the online world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\u2019s expected announcement that they will be ending their policy of \u201cspecial\u201d protections for politicians on their platform indicates that Facebook \u2014 whose CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279226,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1173369891.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Facebook To Reverse Protections For Politicians. 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