Facebook reverses course after 'permanently' locking account of conservative children's book publisher

Fox Business ^ | January 3, 2021 | TYLER O'NEIL

[gattaca]

Heroes of Liberty has published books about Amy Coney Barrett, Ronald Reagan and Thomas Sowell

Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has reinstated the ads account of the conservative children's book publisher, Heroes of Liberty, after it previously told the publisher that its account had been "permanently disabled."

Facebook originally said that Heroes of Liberty – which has published books about Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, former President Ronald Reagan and author Thomas Sowell – violated the company's rules against "Low Quality or Disruptive Content." Facebook originally locked the ads account on Dec. 23, and after Heroes of Liberty appealed the ruling, the company permanently disabled the account.

"I wanted to let you know that the ads account was disabled in error and has been restored, Drew Pusateri, a spokesperson for Meta, told FOX Business on Monday.

"They proactively reached out to several members of Congress and told *them* it was a mistake and we’re back online. Those offices told us," Heroes of Liberty editor and board member Bethany Mandel confirmed to FOX Business on Monday. "They didn’t reach out to us."

[ArcadeQuarters]

Just one of those random glitches that only affects conservatives.

[Political Junkie Too]

It's becoming a pattern at these social media sites that the people who are banning content don't have even a fraction of the expertise in the subject matter that they are passing judgment on.

-PJ

[joma89]

Could everyone please delete their facebook accounts? Thanks.

[riverrunner]

I would but I never had one.

[lee martell]

For the author’s sake, it’s good they can resume selling their books, but this should also be seen as a warning of an unreliable business relationship.
Who knows when this will happen again, and without any warning?
Might be wise to find a substitute for Facebook.

[ByteMercenary]

This kind of crap will continue until the fidiot who made the decision to lock the account is made to suffer some actual, real and painful consequences for their action. I suggest two broken legs, multiple fractures requiring surgery. A few months in a wheel chair might produce some cautious thinking before another partisan decision like that is made again.

... or maybe not ...