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Then the deplatformers came for Dan Bongino
Legal Insurrection ^ | 11-18-2020 | William A. Jacobson

Posted on 11/19/2020 10:23:33 AM PST by Brookhaven

Politico ran a hit piece this morning about Dan, portraying him as someone who burst on the scene by peddling post-election conspiracy theories, Dan Bongino leads the MAGA field in stolen-election messaging:

Bongino — a former police officer and Secret Service agent who was a latecomer to the talk-show world — is the surprise leader in the far-right media sweepstakes set off by Trump’s refusal to concede the election. While the president’s chances of clinging to power remain wafer thin, the prospect of a new conspiracy theory that could dominate right-wing discourse for four years is not being ignored by the pundits, podcasters and mini-moguls who populate MAGA-world.

Only ignorant or malicious liberal journalists could not know that Dan’s star has been rising for years, particularly this year. To attribute his success to post-election posturing is deceptive and false. But I suspected something else was up regarding the focus of the Politico article on election contests — that is an excuse being used by social media giants to ban or restrict many people who question how the election was conducted and the vote count.

Maybe it was coincidence, but today Dan also revealed that Dan and his entities have been demonetized by Outbrain, a large online advertising system which allows publishers to place links to their articles on other websites. When you see boxed links to articles at other websites, it’s usually advertising and Outbrain is one of the largest players.

Matt Polumbo adds at Bongino.com:

Outbrain is a platform that publishers can use to display ads on their websites – including this one… formally.

This morning Dan got an email from Outbrain, informing us that they’d no longer be allowing us to use their platform. “It has come to our attention that some of the content on one or more of the domains associated with your account are in violation of the terms of our agreement” Outbrain says, without specifying what was violated.

Bizarrely, this email comes from their “anti-fraud team”…. who allege no fraud….

While we have no idea whatsoever what content of ours supposedly violated their terms of service, and we can only speculate that it’s for purely ideological reasons, it would be yet the millionth time this has happened to conservatives.

Outbrain is free to clarify what policy was violated – though it’s a bit odd they didn’t do so in the first place.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bloggers; cancelculture; deplatform; outbrain
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1 posted on 11/19/2020 10:23:33 AM PST by Brookhaven
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To: Brookhaven

The Deplatformers are out for blood.


2 posted on 11/19/2020 10:27:24 AM PST by madison10 (Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is good.)
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To: sauropod

Bkmk


3 posted on 11/19/2020 10:28:31 AM PST by sauropod (Let them eat kale. I will not comply. Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis. This is how Democracy dies.)
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To: madison10

It is disappointing to see this happen to Bongino. However, he has advocated a government hands off stance toward the big tech and social media oligarchs for years. Perhaps now he will realize that many of these companies are so malignant that they must be broken up and legions of their executives and employees incarcerated.


4 posted on 11/19/2020 10:32:38 AM PST by TheConservativeBanker ($;)
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To: Brookhaven

And today he starts chemo for cancer...


5 posted on 11/19/2020 10:35:32 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: silverleaf

From our Declaration...

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”

It’s the Revolution all over again.

And we’re in the fight of our lives for our freedom.


6 posted on 11/19/2020 10:38:20 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

Trump’s chances are wafer thin?
Not drinking that Kool-Aid.


7 posted on 11/19/2020 10:41:21 AM PST by KierkegaardMAN (This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
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To: Brookhaven

High Tech Orwell


8 posted on 11/19/2020 10:41:32 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Brookhaven

I love Dan Bongino.

He is a real stand-up guy.

They will not silence this truly amazing American patriot!


9 posted on 11/19/2020 10:42:29 AM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: miserare

Dan is definitely a great Patriot.


10 posted on 11/19/2020 10:43:36 AM PST by FreedBird (B)
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To: silverleaf

Prayers up for the success of Dan’s chemo!

Calling all FReeper prayer warriors!


11 posted on 11/19/2020 10:44:54 AM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Brookhaven
The author is a so-called conservative who was caught speaking ill of the BurnLootMayhem movement. This is a lame attempt to make amends and to resuscitate a career.
12 posted on 11/19/2020 10:45:15 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: TheConservativeBanker
It is disappointing to see this happen to Bongino. However, he has advocated a government hands off stance toward the big tech and social media oligarchs for years.

He did put his money where his mouth is. He put some money into Rumble and Parlor.

13 posted on 11/19/2020 10:48:32 AM PST by EVO X
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To: miserare

I didn’t know who he was. The first time I saw his picture was last week and I knew where he was from and that he was of Italian descent just by his picture :)

I’m guessing he’s very tough and can weather a lot of storms.


14 posted on 11/19/2020 10:48:36 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Brookhaven; Sgt_Schultze
Sorry.

The author criticizing DanB was MAGGIE SEVERNS
William Jacobson is the good guy here.

15 posted on 11/19/2020 10:49:16 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Brookhaven
...Trump’s refusal to concede the election...

WTF does that even mean? Words matter and that phrase above is totally asinine.

16 posted on 11/19/2020 11:00:14 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Brookhaven

I used to say “build your own platform” but now I realize how wrong I was.
Aside from the expense, platforms require revenue and revenue comes from advertisements.
Conservative and patriot supporting platforms are not going to get any advertisers thanks to ‘cancel culture’ and the threat of left wing violence.
They will not get exposure on major search engines thanks to places like Google being under the control of the ‘Woke.’
The only solution is to make these platforms public utilities.


17 posted on 11/19/2020 11:04:03 AM PST by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: Brookhaven

This cral is more like KRISTALLNACHT!


18 posted on 11/19/2020 11:04:28 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Brookhaven

Who gives a crap of Facebook Twitter and all these idiots try to get rid of us?

We have FreeRepublic!!!!

And some other great sites as well

If you want to see BonGino’s full shows almost all the time , it can be found on rumble

That being said there is no comparison of any other website to free republic

and we have Jim Robinson to think and of course ,Jim , you are in our prayers today in the most serious manner ; at the loss of your dear wife

Our deepest sympathies and prayers are with you and your family in this most difficult time


19 posted on 11/19/2020 11:05:55 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again )
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To: Brookhaven

In communist Russia, they went after the press, then eliminated the opposing politicians, then the church.


20 posted on 11/19/2020 11:06:48 AM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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