Posted on 11/16/2021 11:09:22 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Twitter, Facebook deemed defendant guilty immediately after Wisconsin shooting
Social media platforms rendered a verdict on Kyle Rittenhouse long before he went to trial, suppressing claims that he was innocent and blocking users from searching for details of the case.
Immediately after the anti-police riots that thrust Rittenhouse into the national spotlight, social media companies began to block users who expressed support for the Illinois teen. Twitter suspended the accounts of users who called Rittenhouse innocent, including the defendant's own lawyer. Facebook said it "designated this shooting as a mass murder and … removed the shooter’s accounts from Facebook and Instagram." The platform also blocked searches for "Kyle Rittenhouse."
Social media platforms often intervene to suppress posts expressing a particular stance on controversial issues. Both platforms censored news stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the month before the 2020 election. Facebook blocked a Gold Star mother’s criticism of President Joe Biden and suppressed a song that criticized the president. Twitter and Facebook also suspended users who oppose vaccine mandates.
The fundraising platform GoFundMe also removed a page set up to support Rittenhouse, which the company said violated its ban on fundraisers involving "the legal defense of alleged crimes associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance." GoFundMe supported fundraising for the family of one of Rittenhouse’s assailants, Anthony Huber. The site regularly hosts fundraisers for individuals associated with Black Lives Matter.
When smaller platforms began raising funds for Rittenhouse, hackers breached the donation lists. News outlets doxxed paramedics and police officers who gave small donations to Rittenhouse’s defense.
Twitter is still banning or suspending users for supporting Rittenhouse, even as the trial proceeds. Facebook searches for Rittenhouse’s name turn up no results. Neither platform responded to requests for comment.
May they suffer the fate they attempted to engineer for Kyle.
Social media is no place to go for information or facts regarding anyone in court. Far too many kids posting.
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My account has been suspended for 30 days for posting “Kyle is a true American hero” this is all part of the lefts attempt to solidify their destruction of America. They will not allow voices they do not want. It’s coming your way folks. They’ve have murdered America...don’t delude yourself.
I got 30 days in the hole on facebutt for standing up for Kyle.
I am generally out 4 or 5 days then back in for 30 these days.
I’m permanently banned from Facebutt. I don’t know why.
They did tell me I couldn’t post a painting of the crucifixion because it’s too violent.
I wonder if any of the jurors were surprised to find out that all three of Kyle’s attackers were white?
Yup. It wasn’t the catalyst, but iirc I quit all social media shortly thereafter.
I smh every time someone at work references a FB post or twit.
Facebook is the next My Space - forgotten, ridiculed and put away like a cheap suit.
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