It was quite interesting to
see Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the defensive. As he droned on about how
Facebook strives to be fair and open, the simple facts point to a completely
different policy… a policy where conservatives are blocked or banned, while
left wing groups have free rein. Just look at what is happening to Diamond and
Silk, two hilarious Trump-supporting women who have been labeled “unsafe” by
the thought police at Facebook.
For those of you not familiar
with Diamond and Silk, they captured the spotlight during Trump’s run for
president. Here’s a sample from back when Barack Obama was still president and
then-candidate Trump was talking about his policies regarding illegal
immigration.
Despite their popularity,
Facebook “openness” and “inclusiveness” does not seem to apply to Diamond and
Silk, and this was made apparent during Zuckerberg’s Capitol Hill testimony on
Tuesday. As reported by Fox News, the pair “accused Facebook Monday night of
discrimination and censorship after they said the social media giant branded
them as ‘unsafe to the community.'”
Facebook later backtracked,
but Diamond and Silk claim there are still algorithms in place that make it
difficult for their fans to view their content — and other conservatives’
content — on Facebook.
During Tuesday’s hearing
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asked Zuckerberg about Facebook’s “pervasive pattern of
bias and political censorship,” pointing to Diamond and Silk. Zuckerberg said
he is also concerned about political bias in the tech industry, and he tries to
root that out at Facebook.
Zuckerberg’s response didn’t
sit well as Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson voiced
their comments regarding Facebook’s actions.
On “Fox & Friends,”
Diamond and Silk said they have a message for Zuckerberg: “We are not unsafe!”
“If he was concerned about
his platform being a place for all ideas, then why would he put algorithms in
place to censor some ideas?” Diamond said. “And why is he turning Facebook into
a political playground for Democrats?”
She added that Zuckerberg
never answered why they — two conservative black women — were deemed “unsafe to
the community.”
In an email to supporters,
these “unsafe” women said that they’ve watched their Facebook page grow, but
now, “all of the sudden our followers stopped receiving our notifications, they
stopped seeing our posts, and Facebook was no longer showing our videos in our
followers’ newsfeed.”
They even attached a chart
showing how their Facebook reach has mysteriously declined.
What’s most amazing is not
that Facebook is doing what it’s doing. What’s amazing is that Zuckerberg can
sit before Congress and say that Facebook is fair and treats left-leaning
groups the same way the company treats right-leaning groups. Everyone knows that
is not true.
When big media and tech
companies with so much influence can start determining who is safe or unsafe
solely based on what the person says or believes, then we have hit crisis mode
in America. Inclusiveness and fairness mean nothing if a company can target
those with opposing views.
As Diamond and Silk mentioned
in their email, if a privately owned bakery is forced to bake a cake against
its Christian beliefs, then Facebook and other companies should be forced under
fines and other penalties to provide conservatives with the same opportunties
the left gets. After all, it’s only fair… and inclusive… right?
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