Facebook deletes event for stay-at-home protest in Michigan (9am-2pm, April 30, State Capitol building)

mlive ^ | 4/28/20 | Justin P. Hicks

[Libloather]

The Facebook event page for an upcoming protest against extending Michigan’s state of emergency was deleted by Facebook’s staff for defying the government’s guidance on social distancing.

Protesters plan to gather Thursday morning, April 30, outside the Michigan State Capitol building and call on legislators not to extend the state of emergency, which gives Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her administration additional executive authority to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Facebook event titled “Rally on the State Capitol Lawn" was created earlier this month to organize the April 30 protest, which is slated for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Lansing.

The protest’s event page was taken down by Facebook’s staff, according to a company spokesperson who said events that defy government’s guidance on social distancing aren’t allowed on Facebook.

Facebook will remove content that advocates for in-person gatherings that defy health guidance, as well as claims that discourage treatment or taking appropriate precautions, according to a spokesperson.

[Codeflier]

Never liked the way people started to replace doing their own websites on a domain they purchase, with Facebook instead. So many businesses don’t even maintain a website, they just put up a page on all the big social media outlets. This leaves their business at the whim of left leaning billionaires.

Would be so simple for an organizer to register a domain, get minimal hosting and use one of a gazillion templates that can serve as a social organizing platform. Put signs out and have friends email others. Word will get around locally fast enough.

I used to create sites all the time when fighting issues with the Roswell City Hall. I would make the domain registration private, use great templates and some kind of made up political organization. Then I would seed it in such a way to make it look very active. Got them to immediately stop from converting an old post office to a homeless help center, among a few other minor things. A few years after I moved to another town in Georgia, the post office finally became the homeless service center because no one was willing to even take the simplest steps to fight them.

[polymuser]

“Michiganders Honk for Freedom” — 8pm nightly.

Car horns sounding throughout the state every night at 8pm for a minute, until freedom returns.