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RobSmith: /* Twitter */

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‎Twitter

RobSmith: /* Facebook */

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‎Facebook

TrumpConservative: /* Ties to cancel culture */ USA Today

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‎Ties to cancel culture: USA Today

TrumpConservative: /* Ties to cancel culture */

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‎Ties to cancel culture

TrumpConservative: cancel culture needs to be discussed

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cancel culture needs to be discussed

TrumpConservative: /* Twitter */

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‎Twitter

TrumpConservative: RCP article about Twitter

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RCP article about Twitter

TrumpConservative: /* References */

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‎References

TrumpConservative at 14:59, August 29, 2020

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TrumpConservative: /* Background */

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‎Background

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 ==Twitter==
-{{main article|Twitter#"Fact-checking"}}
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 In 2018 [[Matt Gaetz]] claimed that he and three other senators - [[Jim Jordan]], [[Devin Nunes]], and [[Mark Meadows]] - were "shadowbanned" on [[Twitter]], while Twitter claimed the incident was an error.<ref>https://truepundit.com/rep-gaetz-twitter-deliberately-targeting-me-nunes-meadows-jordan-for-shadowbanning/</ref>

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	Facebook created an "Oversight Board" in its efforts it alleges will combat [[hate speech]]; the action was criticized by the ''[[New York Post]]'' editorial board in May 2020.<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board">https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/facebooks-new-supreme-court-looks-like-a-license-to-censor/</ref> Among the appointed members of the board are Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the far-left ''[[The Guardian]]'', and Jamal Greene, a former aide for [[Kamala Harris]].<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" /> The article implied that the Oversight Board may become "thought police."<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" />		Facebook created an "Oversight Board" in its efforts it alleges will combat [[hate speech]]; the action was criticized by the ''[[New York Post]]'' editorial board in May 2020.<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board">https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/facebooks-new-supreme-court-looks-like-a-license-to-censor/</ref> Among the appointed members of the board are Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the far-left ''[[The Guardian]]'', and Jamal Greene, a former aide for [[Kamala Harris]].<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" /> The article implied that the Oversight Board may become "thought police."<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" />
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		+	In January 2022 Facebook banned the account of the Russian delegation to the Vienna military security and arms control talks.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1388779</ref>

	==Ties to cancel culture==		==Ties to cancel culture==

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 ==Ties to cancel culture==
-The "[[Cancel culture|Cancel Culture]]" movement took place during the [[coronavirus]] crisis and [[Left-wing violence in the Trump era|left-wing violence]] of 2020, aiming to end all of what the left defines as "hate speech" in a ''[[1984]]''-like totalitarian power grab.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/29/with-silencing-of-speech-is-america-entering-orwellian-territory/</ref>
+The "[[Cancel culture|Cancel Culture]]" movement took place during the [[coronavirus]] crisis and [[Left-wing violence in the Trump era|left-wing violence]] of 2020, aiming to end all of what the left defines as "hate speech" in a ''[[1984]]''-like totalitarian power grab.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/29/with-silencing-of-speech-is-america-entering-orwellian-territory/</ref> An article in [[USA Today]] stated, "Twitter has become a powerful court of public opinion and 'cancel culture' plays a role," and the article outlined the connections between social media giants and cancel culture.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/07/17/has-twitters-cancel-culture-gone-too-far/5445804002/</ref>
 ==See also==

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 ==Ties to cancel culture==
-The "[[Cancel Culture]]" movement took place during the [[coronavirus]] crisis and [[left-wing violence]] of 2020, aiming to end all of what the left defines as "hate speech" in a ''[[1984]]''-like totalitarian power grab.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/29/with-silencing-of-speech-is-america-entering-orwellian-territory/</ref>
+The "[[Cancel culture|Cancel Culture]]" movement took place during the [[coronavirus]] crisis and [[Left-wing violence in the Trump era|left-wing violence]] of 2020, aiming to end all of what the left defines as "hate speech" in a ''[[1984]]''-like totalitarian power grab.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/29/with-silencing-of-speech-is-america-entering-orwellian-territory/</ref>
 ==See also==

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	Facebook created an "Oversight Board" in its efforts it alleges will combat [[hate speech]]; the action was criticized by the ''[[New York Post]]'' editorial board in May 2020.<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board">https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/facebooks-new-supreme-court-looks-like-a-license-to-censor/</ref> Among the appointed members of the board are Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the far-left ''[[The Guardian]]'', and Jamal Greene, a former aide for [[Kamala Harris]].<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" /> The article implied that the Oversight Board may become "thought police."<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" />		Facebook created an "Oversight Board" in its efforts it alleges will combat [[hate speech]]; the action was criticized by the ''[[New York Post]]'' editorial board in May 2020.<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board">https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/facebooks-new-supreme-court-looks-like-a-license-to-censor/</ref> Among the appointed members of the board are Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the far-left ''[[The Guardian]]'', and Jamal Greene, a former aide for [[Kamala Harris]].<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" /> The article implied that the Oversight Board may become "thought police."<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" />
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		+	==Ties to cancel culture==
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		+	The "[[Cancel Culture]]" movement took place during the [[coronavirus]] crisis and [[left-wing violence]] of 2020, aiming to end all of what the left defines as "hate speech" in a ''[[1984]]''-like totalitarian power grab.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/29/with-silencing-of-speech-is-america-entering-orwellian-territory/</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==Twitter==		==Twitter==
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		+	{{main article\|Twitter#"Fact-checking"}}

	In 2018 [[Matt Gaetz]] claimed that he and three other senators - [[Jim Jordan]], [[Devin Nunes]], and [[Mark Meadows]] - were "shadowbanned" on [[Twitter]], while Twitter claimed the incident was an error.<ref>https://truepundit.com/rep-gaetz-twitter-deliberately-targeting-me-nunes-meadows-jordan-for-shadowbanning/</ref>		In 2018 [[Matt Gaetz]] claimed that he and three other senators - [[Jim Jordan]], [[Devin Nunes]], and [[Mark Meadows]] - were "shadowbanned" on [[Twitter]], while Twitter claimed the incident was an error.<ref>https://truepundit.com/rep-gaetz-twitter-deliberately-targeting-me-nunes-meadows-jordan-for-shadowbanning/</ref>

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 In 2018 [[Matt Gaetz]] claimed that he and three other senators - [[Jim Jordan]], [[Devin Nunes]], and [[Mark Meadows]] - were "shadowbanned" on [[Twitter]], while Twitter claimed the incident was an error.<ref>https://truepundit.com/rep-gaetz-twitter-deliberately-targeting-me-nunes-meadows-jordan-for-shadowbanning/</ref>
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 * [[Businesses boycotted by conservatives]]
 ==References==
 [[Category:Online Social Networking]]

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	==References==		==References==
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		+	[[Category:Online Social Networking]]

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	Facebook created an "Oversight Board" in its efforts it alleges will combat [[hate speech]]; the action was criticized by the ''[[New York Post]]'' editorial board in May 2020.<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board">https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/facebooks-new-supreme-court-looks-like-a-license-to-censor/</ref> Among the appointed members of the board are Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the far-left ''[[The Guardian]]'', and Jamal Greene, a former aide for [[Kamala Harris]].<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" /> The article implied that the Oversight Board may become "thought police."<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" />		Facebook created an "Oversight Board" in its efforts it alleges will combat [[hate speech]]; the action was criticized by the ''[[New York Post]]'' editorial board in May 2020.<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board">https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/facebooks-new-supreme-court-looks-like-a-license-to-censor/</ref> Among the appointed members of the board are Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the far-left ''[[The Guardian]]'', and Jamal Greene, a former aide for [[Kamala Harris]].<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" /> The article implied that the Oversight Board may become "thought police."<ref name="Facebook Oversight Board" />
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		+	==See also==
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		+	* [[Businesses boycotted by conservatives]]

	==References==		==References==

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 ==Background==
-At a July 2020 congressional hearing, Jim Jordan stated, "Big Tech is out to get conservatives."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/29/jim-jordan-cites-censorship-of-breitbart-news-as-one-reason-big-tech-is-out-to-get-conservatives/</ref><ref name="Antitrust">https://www.c-span.org/video/?474236-1/heads-facebook-amazon-apple-google-testify-antitrust-law</ref>
+At a July 2020 congressional hearing, Jim Jordan stated, "Big Tech is out to get conservatives."<ref name="Jim Jordan speech">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/29/jim-jordan-cites-censorship-of-breitbart-news-as-one-reason-big-tech-is-out-to-get-conservatives/</ref><ref name="Antitrust">https://www.c-span.org/video/?474236-1/heads-facebook-amazon-apple-google-testify-antitrust-law</ref> He constructed a timeline of examples during which social media giants censored conservative viewpoints.<ref name="Jim Jordan speech" />
 ==Twitter==