Big Tech sure is working overtime to show us that they are hostile to pro-life views. First, over Labor Day weekend they allowed abortion mouthpiece and lobbyist Dr. Daniel Grossman, who is paid by the abortion industry, to tell Facebook to take down a Live Action video about abortion never being medically necessary. The flagging by the abortion industry flack led to a reduced distribution of Live Action’s content and led to their content being labeled as ‘false news.’
Now, they have once again served as a handmaiden for the abortion industry, labeling Live Action’s content as false news, once again (it’s unclear what piece of content was labeled false news.)
BREAKING: Following this morning's letter from various US Senators demanding @Facebook rectify this situation, @facebook has just sent ANOTHER push notification our followers claiming that we are spreading "false news"
This is truly unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/Qr3auabaaJ
— Live Action (@LiveAction) September 11, 2019
This comes on the heels of a letter this morning from several prominent U.S. Senators including Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, calling out Facebook for their viewpoint discrimination.
BREAKING: Senators Hawley, Cruz, Braun and Cramer have sent a letter to @Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg condemning the censorship of Live Action, and demanding an immediate correction. pic.twitter.com/DCFN3dDHz6
— Live Action (@LiveAction) September 11, 2019
Both Hawley and Cruz have been critical of Big Tech. Students for Life of America has also been potentially targeted by Facebook, with Kristan Hawkins’ podcast being labeled as spam by Facebook.
Big Tech is going to continue to come under public pressure as their intense hatred of pro-life views is exposed to the broader society.
A year ago tomorrow, I wrote about how Big Tech should just be open about how biased they are.
“If Facebook does not want conservative groups on its platform, it must make that clear and stop claiming it is there to allow people “to share and express what matters to them.”
The same with Twitter: “to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information, instantly, without barriers.” Youtube: “to give everyone a voice and show them the world.” Google: “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful … for everyone.”
Simply make it clear: We believe that supporting the protection of innocent life, supporting Trump, supporting tax cuts, etc. goes against our values and community standards. Therefore, conservative groups will find their material blocked, suppressed, or shadow banned. We do not actually believe in an open marketplace of ideas, instead, we support a place where people who are not conservative, who support Hillary Clinton, who want to restrict gun access, and who want legalized abortion on demand are free to share their own ideas alongside videos of cute puppies and cats. Conservatives need not sign up. “
