Progressive figures work hand-in-hand with social media to silence opponents

Just months after Facebook retaliated against the government of Australia by effectively canceling the flow of the country’s information, the company is at it again – this time, wielding its outsized power to shield progressive political figures from public criticism.

Yesterday, Facebook’s nearly 3 billion users worldwide discovered they could not share a New York Post story about a Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a self-identified Marxist, purchasing several high-end homes. The story was blocked from circulation on all of Facebook’s social media services: the platform itself, Instagram, as well as Facebook messenger. When pressed for its reasoning, Facebook declared that the story violated their community standards by providing “personal or confidential information” or images “in violation of their privacy rights.” Odd, because, according to the Post, all of the information in its reporting, including the photos, was gathered from public records. No addresses were shared.