Yesterday I wrote that the new initiative of Twitter and Facebook to eliminate so-called “hate speech” would be directed not at jihad terrorists, or at least not solely, but also at foes of jihad terror and related issues. Now it begins. This kind of action is the death knell of free society.
“CENSORED: Facebook deletes a Gatestone author’s page!,” Gatestone Institute, June 2, 2016:
Dear Readers,
On Tuesday, the European Union (EU) announced a new online speech code to be enforced by four major tech companies, including Facebook and YouTube.
On Wednesday, Facebook deleted the account of Ingrid Carlqvist, Gatestone’s Swedish expert.
It’s no coincidence.
Ingrid had posted our latest video to her Facebook feed — called “Sweden’s Migrant Rape Epidemic.” As you can see, Ingrid calmly lays out the facts and statistics, all of which are meticulously researched.
It’s a video version of this research paper that Gatestone published last year. The video has gone viral — racking up more than 80,000 views in its first two days.
But the EU is quite candid: it is applying a political lens to their censorship, and it now has teams of political informants — with the Orwellian title of “trusted reporters” — to report any cases of “xenophobia” or “hate speech” to Facebook for immediate deletion.
It’s political censorship. It’s outrageous. And it’s contrary to our western values of free speech, political freedom and the separation of mosque and state. But in another way, it’s a tremendous compliment — the world’s censors think that Gatestone Institute’s work is important enough and persuasive enough that it needs to be silenced.
Well, not if we have anything to say about it. We raised such a ruckus about this attack that the Swedish media started reporting on Facebook’s heavy-handed censorship. It backfired, and Facebook went into damage-control mode. They put Ingrid’s account back up — without any explanation or apology. Ironically, their censorship only gave Ingrid’s video more attention.
Facebook and the EU have backed down — for today. But they’re deadly serious about stopping ideas they don’t like. They’ll be back….
Read the rest here.

cs says
Hope they do not come for PAM, she has a huge following there.
salim says
This brilliant Swedish lady is one of the few people with sanity in the Swedish liberal society; she is determined to save her country and her culture.
There is something seriously wrong with world politics today; everything seems to be set in the direction of destroying the western civilisation and promoting the most backward ideology which is islam.
I dont believe this is happening because of oil money; the west is far wealthier than the Arab states.
I dont know what is going on but I know it will lead to the destruction of the civilised world as we know it.
Marcus Earl Talley says
I think the oil money is being used to fund the agenda of One World Government. Look at the politicians selling themselves and their votes to remain in power. They will step on and sacrifice whoever they need to , to further their agenda. Soros, Obama and Hillary are all brainwashed by that ideology. If it costs as much as it does to win the presidency of the U.S. , how much will it costs to win the presidency of the world? How much will it cost to buy the vote of that politician? There is a gestation of a NWO even if it is not yet fully formed.
Trico says
“I dont know what is going on but I know it will lead to the destruction of the civilised world as we know it.”
You hit the nail on the head:
the destruction of “the civilised world as we know it.””.
Many people don’t believe it but EVERYTHING that has been happening for many decades and all that is happening now is part of an ancient script that has been plotted out and designed to end the Old World Order to make way for the New World Order and it’s One World Ruling Government. Islam was scripted to bring about the end of Christianity and Western Civilization and to initiate World War 3.
Out of the ashes of the Old World will rise The New World Order.
Sam Hawkins says
Can’t have inconvenient facts out in the open on Facebook, think of the children! Who does this troublemaker think she is. Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, a donation to Islamic causes would help to restore your standing, however, don’t bother with any amount less than 10 million.
Signed,
CAIR flunky
Stuart Smith says
I made a comment on facebook about muslims, I got banned for three days, then five days, then nine days all for making a comment, that was later in all cases proved to be true, okay being banned but there is no way you can write in your defence to say you are correct in what you say, Zuckerberg is a socialist accident waiting to happen.
Each comment was supposed to be hurtful lies etc, so when it is true it is an offence under facebook to tell the truth about the dangers.
nicu says
same here : speaking the truth is not welcomed ! first 24 hrs , then 3 days – later a month – but if you report hate pages from Muslims NOTHING happens . F** book !
JawsV says
Can’t stand Fakebook. Can’t stand Zuckerberg more.
Westman says
I see an upside opportunity for a new web-based social communication server company to arise based on preserving freedom of speech.
This may be the very factor that made Facebook reconsider. Monetary interests are likely to be more primal than public indignation unless that indignation has the potential to cause loss of revenue. Zuckerberg is now a minority owner and must answer to the other investors.
Angemon says
Facebook is a privately-owned company, so they should be should have a saying on what they host. What’s disturbing is that there’s a political body setting their guidelines – or. at least, allowing them the excuse of “we’re just following orders”.
In the spirit of transparency and good will, Facebook and Twitter should change their description to “connect with other people and express yourself just as long as all of you have such and such views or else we’re kicking you out”.
Dennis says
Facebook is a public company with shares on the NASDAQ. Free speech advocates should not own stock in them.
Dave says
How is Facebook different than a phone company? Verizon doesn’t limit hate speech yet words are spoken over their physical network using phones they provide controlled by software they developed.
Red bee says
Maybe we should start our own privately owned company.
Nigel GFF says
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”.
“But the EU is quite candid: it is applying a political lens to their censorship, and it now has teams of political informants — with the Orwellian title of “trusted reporters” …”.
Chilling. These ‘Thought police’, who will be hidden by anonymity no doubt, could well be in a home/street near you (or me). These functionaries stink no matter the #tag – lackey springs to mind.
I’ve never been ‘banned’ or blocked but I am tempted to give it a go.
Mirren10 says
”I’ve never been ‘banned’ or blocked but I am tempted to give it a go.”
I posted Robert’s quote – so far, haven’t been banned or blocked. 🙂
Nigel GFF says
‘trustees’
KrazyKafir says
Facebook is now the, enemy. 100%
nicu says
Merkel begged Zuckerberg to prosecute hate speech and critic on Islam amd Mr. Zuckerberg seems to have forgotten where he comes from .
underbed cat says
….but realize his staff is very diverse and he may also realize that as such it could be a protective measure….if staff realizes how social media site revealed much about the minds of such people and showed contacts that were involved in sudden adherence to a mysterious unnamed doctrine…..that the media revealed to the public and may cause distress to staff. So down it went. …..I am just surprised it took this long considering the political environment( more dangerous than climate) Hate speech should not be defined as opinion only, but now it is convoluted), even factual doctrine. demanding sharia (subversion) is spoken most by the very people Merkel wants to protect…she just does not seem to know it or it is too late due to migration to if she does.
Western Canadian says
OKAYYYY… So where do we get online petitions going, letting facebook, twitter, utube and any other islamibootlicking organization know that such cowardly or bribe induced behaviour will result in their customer base being reduced by more than they can afford to lose? What freedom for all loving groups or websites can join together to form rivals to those who are so eager to sell us out?
Regret I don’t have the resources to set up a rival to facebook…. FREEDOM BOOK would be a good and catchy name for it.
Trico says
“So where do we get online petitions going”
Change.org is a popular site to start a Petition.
We also need massive action on Congress to get involved.
Enough is Enough.
https://www.change.org/
billybob says
We have the TOR network for online anonymity – very popular in countries that restrict the freedom of speech, such as getting past the Great Firewall of China. It is used by journalists to get their reporting out and common citizens in places like China, Iran and Turkey just to be able to use GMail, see YouTube, or post on Facebook. Unfortunately it is also very popular with drug trafficers and child pornogarphy rings.
It would be easy to set up boards, and even something like Facebook was in the beginning shouldn’t be too difficult. Right now there is a thing called the Tor Browser that will let you surf the internet unseen, and a Tor mini operating system you can load onto a USB stick and run totally anonymous internet sessions from it, and many other things. Go to https://www.torproject.org/
westcoastjohnny says
I signed up for facebook a long time ago to take a look, but never really used it. But the free speech attack has convinced me to permanently delete my account. Somewhat surprisingly, they didn’t bother to ask why I was deleting my account.
Guest says
You can’t hide the terrorists forever Facebook.
abad says
Um, I thought I said not long ago that Sweden is no longer Swedish?
I feel sorry for this lady telling the truth but the Swedish government clearly cannot handle the truth about Islam.
It won’t be long before the few native Swedes left are forced to bow down and face Mecca while praying 5 times a day.
JawsV says
I simply don’t get the 21st century pathology of kowtowing to Islam. Why?????
billybob says
…because we are so civilized these days. Tolerance and inclusiveness are hallmark achievements of our civilization. Way beyond the defeat of racism and sexism, now we are open to gay marriage and we are installing a third bathroom for the gender confused, and we are welcoming Muslims into our communities. We draw strength from the richness of diversity.
It is said that one of our “Western values” is being open to other cultures, and if we deny that, we are hypocrites. I would dispute that. Yes we are open to other cultures in the West, but it is a matter of degree. We are built from a mix of cultures, but they originated from a Judeo-Christian base, and were augmented by people from all over the world who contributed from their own cultures where they found a resonance in those foundational values such as: rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law, equality before the law, freedom of conscience and expression, human rights, and liberal democracy – to name a few.
Common sense informs me that there must limits to our openness to other cultures. I would suggest that we should not be open to cultures that are diametrically opposed to our most basic shared values such as liberty, democracy, and individual worth, nor should we be expected to be! In the recent past, we have battle against and defeated Nazism and Communism. We would not expect openness to these ideologies, so why would we be open to Islam?
The problem is the ignorance of our religious inheritance, with so many having drifted away from their traditional faiths. I don’t say that in itself is a problem, because I strongly feel that your religion or lack thereof is up to you and none of my concern. The real problem is lack of understanding of religion as a force in society. So many people think all religions are the same, when they are so absolutely not.
People in our society who have no religion of their own are accustomed to the fact that many of their friends, neighbours, and colleagues do have religious beliefs, but that often remains invisible and thereby easily tolerated. For example, where I work there are hundreds of employees from every kind of ethnic background, but I have no idea what religion any of them are. That is not important and we do not discuss such things among ourselves in our professional relationships. Indeed, I see a few head scarfs but I don’t interact with an of the wearers of this head gear. There is also somebody who wears a Sikh turban, but I also have no interaction with him.
Imagine I was one of these aforementioned people who had no connection to interest in any religion, but I am a modern individual who can enjoy a professional relationship with just about any other professional. If I was ignorant of Islam, I would probably not give a second thought about accepting Muslims. To me, all religions would be the same – just something people do.
The problem, as we all know, is that Islam is the only religion that promotes a vile supremacist ideology supported and propagated by violence. Most people just can’t get their head around that concept.
vlparker says
But, but, but……Zuckerberg looked Glenn Beck in the eye and assured him Facebook would fix the censorship of conservatives.
Trico says
“Zuckerberg looked Glenn Beck in the eye and assured him Facebook would fix the censorship…”
Anyone who believes one of Satan’s demons has only themself to blame.
Everyone should have learned from the 2 Obama election campaigns when Obama looked EVERYONE in the eye on TV or in person and made empty campaign promise after empty campaign promise knowing very well he was deceiving America and that no one would understand the Promises he was actually making.
However, I happen to speak a little demon:
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“we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
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“FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE HAS COME TO AMERICA”
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“Fundamental Transformation Is Here”
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“Change has come to America”
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” We are no longer a Christian nation . . . ”
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Translation:
Goodbye Christian Fundamentalist it was nice not knowing you.
I;m going to take from those who have and give to those that don’t.
I’m going to make those that Do provide for those who Don’t
America, once a Christian Nation will become an Islamic Caliphate.
—-
Obama in his own words on Youtube:
“Obama: “Fundamentally Transforming the United States of America”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrefKCaV8m4
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-“” We are no longer a Christian nation . . . ” ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOOrSAbU9z8
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In Obama’s earlier incarnation on Planet Earth he looked a woman named Eve in the eye and said:
Eve, come here I want you to tale a bite of this fruit.
“No, I can’t.”
Yes you can.
“No, I really can’t. I was told not to”.
Look Eve, trust me. Once you taste this delicious fruit
Change will come to the Garden of Eden.
You will gain knowledge of all things plus if you like your
Immortality, you can keep your Immortality.
Go ahead take a bite.
“I can’t”.
Yes you can. Yes you can.
I can?
Yes you can. Go ahead. Take a Bite.
“CHOMP”!
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Needless to say, Eve lost her Immortality and the only
knowledge she gained was she shouldn’t have taken a bite.
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P.S. Don’t feel bad if you voted for Obama. You can blame it on your genetics.
common sense says
“On Tuesday, the European Union (EU) announced a new online speech code to be enforced by four major tech companies”-
The EU made the announcement. Funny, FB is an American company obviously. For decades (if not since 1776) most sane Americans believe the US should remain sovereign and then again this is the new normal to let a socialist gathering of socialist nations do our socialist thinking for us. Oh but we are not socialists! Aren’t we?
They just about have us, next more refugees, more illegal immigration and more taxation without representation (larger govt to take care of the sheeple). Will aTrump administration stop them? Maybe another war?
Same stuff different century. Every American generation has faced a challenge and socialism/Islamofacism is our problem to fix. Blasted Torres never really did go away completely and never will we have to keep exposing them.
mortimer says
They are criminalizing dissent. The criteria for censorship appear to be subjective.
common sense says
FB? Whatever. I never could post any significant amount of truth on a lefty biased and privately owned company.
Our concern and focus needs to be on the EU and the next election.
FB is good for family and videos of cute pets.
“Hate crimes” against Muslim ‘refugees’ have been on the rise in Edinburgh Scotland since last year though. That could be a good thing but not according to the Edinburgh police. Check it. It could be more false attacks by Muslims themselves, blamed on ‘racist’ Scots.
common sense says
Actually Glasgow last year.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/17/syrian-refugees-arrive-glasgow-scotland
SBJ says
People need to go onto site web pages. One of my faves is actually Gatestone institute,org.
Troybeam says
So face book deletes people who comment on how Islam is wrong for humanity yet promotes the sale of girls for sex by Islam. Each and every decent person who knows this is wrong and should just delete their account with Facebook ASAP, Facebook is on the wrong side of humanity.
citycat says
Facebook is extremely arrogant.
I went on it a while back, once to find someone.
No matter how many times i implored them to stop sending the same email to me, they just increassed the number till my email got jammed and lost.
Facebook is extremely arrogant, and i hope it breaks.
davej says
“Social Media” is anti-social and borders on Orwellian thought control.
They want to know all about you so they can make a profit selling you out. Censorship of legitimate opinion is just a small part of their master plan.
They are as bad as the Islamists, worse really because they don’t have the excuse of being brainwashed and severely inbred.
Mike Proulx says
My fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,
Some might say that the scriptures which I have included here is being taken out of context, but on thing is sure, The Lord our God is in control.
Also if you think differently, it’s your free speech to think so. I’m not offended because you have a different view. Why are they offended? we need to ask ourselves it is only because they are mostly liars, and deceivers of the masses.
The truth is getting out and they just can’t stand this.
The internet is a good thing if used properly especially for the advancement of the Gospel of Christ it is very effective.
This is what they are trying to shut down, if we want to really be truthful about this.
Most believers will agree that with many good inventions, Satan has uses it to advance his evil doings.
If the powers that be had any morals fibres left in them they would rather consider censoring pornography site and other demonic sites which promote lies on social media.
The very thought or even considering censoring those whom speak the truth proves that these social media outlets are run by Luciferarians NWO, devils from the pit of hell itself.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Matthew 25:32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
This is the time we are living in, and God is in control, not Satan and his followers whom think they are. Europeans needs a good shaking to wake a few up from their slumber.
God help your children from the wicked one, is my prayer for today.
Robbins Mitchell says
Mark Zuckerberg needs to be butt phuqed with a chain saw
Renee says
Who cares about Facebook It is only good for recipes and happy holiday pictures, although, pretty soon a Christmas tree might be offensive. Maybe Mark should start taking and posting selfies to keep his site running, because I will not use facebook anymore (have not used it since a German girl that complained about the groping in Cologne was deleted from FB).
Trico says
“pretty soon a Christmas tree might be offensive”
Pretty soon you may not be able to call it a Christmas tree.
Confectioner Cadbury apparently acquiesced to Muslim demand and relocated the word “Easter” from their Easter Eggs and Chocolate Easter Bunnies to the back of the packaging.
Cadbury denies that move had any connection to Muslim demand IMHO, they are so F.O.S.
You will have to search hard to find the word Easter on Cadbury products.You’d most likely have an easier time finding the Halal Symbol “Certifying” the product is Hal Certified and can be safely, in a religious sense, eaten by a Muslim.
Muslims may be offended by the Christian word Easter. I find the symbol representing a fake religious food tax called Halal Certification that is imposed on non-Muslims via the food supply and that indirectly funds Terrorism to be offensive.
Richard Paulsen says
1526 at Mohacs. Ottomans took Hungary. 1529 Ottmans tried to take Vienna, 1683 Ottmans tried taking Vienna, Each time with some 90.000-300.000 soldiers.
Now there are some 45 million mulsims here. Still growing endlessly and without any roof.
Unbelievable it´s being allowed.
Not good for anyone in Europe with islam here growing. Seemingly having no knowledge of islam.
desidude2 says
They are out there, the muslims knows how to use western laws against us to shut down free speech concerning muslims and islam. These People are working 24/7/356 all the time. They have plenty of free time on their hands and an unlimited budget. These muslims also know they can use the willing dupes in the western leftist and some rightest establishment to carry out their agenda.
This is why those who oppose the muslims and their islamist agenda must be willing to act in unison to stay vigilant and prevent their free speech from being trampled.
jim says
when that day arrives I stop posting on Facebook !!!!
Timothy Shaw-Zak says
““trusted reporters” — to report any cases of “xenophobia” or “hate speech” to Facebook for immediate deletion.”
Doesn’t that sound uncannily like the Trusted Psychiatrists who will make the determination as to mental capacity to choose “Euthenasia”. (Including in Canada proposals for allowances for those as young as 18 or 19.) I’m sure we’ll just have the crown jewls of human insight to make that inherently fraudulent determination.
torino390 says
‘free speech’ you say? oh no, that was then sorry, this is now.
Clockiel says
It seems more likely to me that a large number of people who didn’t like what she said reported her, and facebook’s systems took it down automatically as a result. And then it was put back up as soon as they realized what had happened.
That sort of thing does happen a lot after all. Its irresponsible for us to assume the worst, when other factors could readily explain it.
gravenimage says
It begins: Facebook deletes page of critic of Muslim migrant invasion
Yesterday I wrote that the new initiative of Twitter and Facebook to eliminate so-called “hate speech” would be directed not at jihad terrorists, or at least not solely, but also at foes of jihad terror and related issues. Now it begins.
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Grimly predictable. Suicidal madness.