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Facebook Apologizes To PragerU, Restores Banned Videos [Facebook says it was a "mistake"]
Daily Caller ^ | August 18, 2018 | Scott Morefield

Posted on 08/18/2018 11:21:50 PM PDT by grundle

Facebook on Friday issued an apology to PragerU for “mistakenly” removing several videos and limiting the reach of others.

PragerU

Aug 17, 2018

BREAKING: We're being heavily censored on @Facebook.

Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night for “hate speech” including our recent video with @conservmillen.

Facebook

We mistakenly removed these videos and have restored them because they don't break our standards. This will reverse any reduction in content distribution you’ve experienced. We’re very sorry and are continuing to look into what happened with your Page.

Aug 17, 2018

“We mistakenly removed these videos and have restored them because they don’t break our standards,” Facebook wrote. “This will reverse any reduction in content distribution you’ve experienced. We’re very sorry and are continuing to look into what happened with your Page.”

PragerU had earlier posted a statement via Twitter stating that “at least two videos” had been deleted, and included a screenshot of Facebook analytics that showed their last several posts being “heavily censored.”

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Funny how these "mistakes" never happen to liberal accounts with millions of viewers.
1 posted on 08/18/2018 11:21:50 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

These mistakes do financial damage and as such restitution is in order for the victims of these mistakes.


2 posted on 08/18/2018 11:22:48 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: grundle

Just like all the “mistakes” in the media about Trump are always negative in nature. They never make a mistake about Trump that is positive. Nor do they ever make a mistake about any leftist that is negative. Completely defies the law of averages.

And then they wonder why we consider them the enemy of the people.


3 posted on 08/18/2018 11:26:36 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: grundle

For the last few weeks I’ve been watching Facebook delete Prager U video promotions off my feed. They would appear for a second, and then just disappear.


4 posted on 08/18/2018 11:29:49 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: grundle

If this “error” cost them in monetization, will Facebook compensate them? I wonder if this might be a path for those who monetize their activity on Facebook, YouTube, etc., to pursue legal action?


5 posted on 08/18/2018 11:33:40 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: grundle

Facebook is really a “FakeBook” or a “Fraudbook” or a “Farcebook”. I’m being kind to these leftist bastards.

There have been enough examples of undocumented censor charges and denial of service to form the basis for a combined lawsuit by Prage, Jones, and the others who suffered from Facebook’s bias.

Hope they all get together, hire the best junkyard dog lawyers around, and sue the shit out of Facebook, Zuckerberg, Dorsey, etc.

Time to go on the offensive, and also they should offer to testify before Congress re the hearings they are holding about Facebook, etc in the upcoming weeks.

The “customer” who has suffered at the hands of these leftists should be given a voice before Congress.

Let the dice roll and the chips fall as they may.


6 posted on 08/18/2018 11:43:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I quit it years ago.


7 posted on 08/18/2018 11:51:57 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: grundle

Everything’s always a mistake once they get caught.


8 posted on 08/18/2018 11:52:18 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Total agreement.


9 posted on 08/18/2018 11:54:04 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: grundle

They over-played their hand.

For now.


10 posted on 08/19/2018 12:12:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: grundle

Funny “mistake”.

Guess they had a lot of complaints.


11 posted on 08/19/2018 12:44:38 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: grundle

bookmark


12 posted on 08/19/2018 12:52:55 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

FB has become a common carrier. It is long past being a way to share baby pics, or weird toast shots, etc.


13 posted on 08/19/2018 12:54:42 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: KyCats
...”And then they wonder why we consider them the enemy of the people.”...

They do not care about “the people.” It is dictatorial power they are after. With money comes power and with power comes enslavement of the population. We will fight a war before we get there but the hypocrisy and double standard of the “gatekeepers,” in government and media have us on the fast tract right now.

14 posted on 08/19/2018 1:04:38 AM PDT by jazzlite
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I’ve gotten into the habit of calling it Faecesbook.


15 posted on 08/19/2018 1:06:58 AM PDT by punchamullah
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
The “customer” who has suffered at the hands of these leftists should be given a voice before Congress.

They tried that with Diamond and Silk. It didn't end well for Sheila Jackson Lee.

-PJ

16 posted on 08/19/2018 1:07:08 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: grundle

This was no mistake. This was book burning. So, added to book burners, they are liars. Not a good picture.


17 posted on 08/19/2018 1:31:06 AM PDT by healy61
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To: punchamullah; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Hatebook


18 posted on 08/19/2018 1:43:06 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (They all get down, and arm up. Ready to take down tyrrany. The magnificient Seven.)
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IOW, they had no idea it would draw that much attention.

Shadow Ban: PragerU Reveals Immediate 99.9999% Drop in Facebook Reach
www.breitbart.com ^ | 17 Aug 2018 | Lucas Nolan
Posted on 8/17/2018 5:11:12 PM by Red Badger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3680071/posts


19 posted on 08/19/2018 2:05:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: grundle

“Liberals” today are yesterdays Nazis, banning publishing and writings. I’m surprised Liberals aren’t out burning books.


20 posted on 08/19/2018 2:49:40 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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