Posted on 06/29/2018 7:44:23 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Facebook blocked more people from seeing posts about 4th of July fireworks in Greece, N.Y.
Why?
Politics and Russia.
Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich says he was trying to inform as many people as possible about the free 4th of July events in the town. When he boosted the posts, he says Facebook blocked them because Facebook said they were political.
Reilich posted the events on his official supervisor Facebook page where he is listed as a "government official." When he tried to pay Facebook $90 to boost the posts, so more people could see them, he says Facebook said no.
Bill Reilich, Greece town supervisor: "The red line on each of these pages indicate that they've denied the boost. They won't allow it."
Reilich says the town challenged Facebook and then got an email reply.
Reilich read the reply to News10NBC. "The texts or images you're using qualifies as 'political' based on the definition we're using for enforcement."
News10NBC Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean: "You were able to post them and that wasn't the problem. The problem is when you wanted to boost them, is that correct?"
Reilich: "That's correct."
Brean: "So you could still post it. You just couldn't boost it."
Reilich: "Could still post it, but couldn't boost it which again, our intent to boost it to be seen by more people."
News10NBC reached out to Facebook Wednesday and asked them "what makes the boosted posts political?"
Facebook has yet to provide an answer.
Reilich says Facebook wanted him to fill out a disclosure form about the holiday posts. He refused.
In April, Facebook changed its policy, making political advertisers identify themselves. It was a response to Russian-backed ads on Facebook leading up to the 2016 election.
Reilich: "I'm concerned that as we go forward if they classify everything that I want to post as political and deny it, I can't reach out to the community when we need to inform them of a situation."
Reilich says Facebook was the town's number one way he informed people about last year's wind storm and Lake Ontario flooding. He says he tried to boost the posts on the town's official page and Facebook denied one of them.
When are we ALL going to quit using or looking at FarceBook? I never did and never will. I won’t even look at advertisers if they use FarceBook.
Zipperhead is a punk who is full of himself. Now he has joined NAMBLA. What other evidence does one need to know they are supporting a communist and a pervert when they use FarceBook?
Not me, go to hell zipperhead.
Greece was conservative and Republican when I grew up there as a baby boomer, but I’ve been gone a long time.
It was ground zero for Town of Greece v Galloway - the big Supreme Court prayer case a few years back. Maybe that has something to do with facebook’s attitude.
The other night, I went to my Facebook, and I saw that I had two notifications. I clicked on the notifications icon, and one appeared and one flashed then disappeared. The one that flashed said, “Donald J. Trump.” I couldn’t remember if I had followed the president’s Facebook page or not, so I searched for it, and sure enough I had willingly followed the page. I scrolled down to see that the page had shown LIVE coverage of the president speaking in North Dakota. But Facebook did not want that notification to go out, I guess.
I’m really tired of all the pharmaceutical ads that Fakebook is putting out suddenly. Lung cancer meds, Psoriasis meds, etc. Maybe their new strategy is to make folks think they are dying of some ailment and to make folks paranoid.
Sue them for damages.
He’s offended by them...typical lib.
BINGO!......My 1st instinct was it must be a “conservative town”....liberals don't target their own...
Greece is far enough from New York City to be considered flyover country, i.e., deplorables.
“Patriotism is over-rated” - the Vichy Chicks
Plenty of anti Trump ant Cruz illegal immigrant rallies and protests are being promoted on Fakebook AND sponsored (paid promotion of the events) and they are coordinated in part by Socialist political parties (and labour unions).
Zuckercuck lies like a Stalinist
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