It’s clear what was going on here: the campaign was “Islamophobic.”
“Facebook have made themselves judge, jury and executioner,” says Neville Kyrke-Smith.
Yes. So have all the social media giants. They exercise more control over the public discourse today than any totalitarian state ever dreamed of having. Stalin and Hitler would have been envious. If free societies are to survive, they must be broken up.
“Facebook censors Catholic charity’s anti-violence campaign for women,” ReMix, January 3, 2022:
A UK-based Catholic charity has accused Facebook of censoring its campaign to protect Christian women who have been exposed to violence in predominantly Muslim countries.
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) had launched a digital campaign in November to raise awareness of the violence often experienced by persecuted Catholic women in Islamic countries, and had chosen to spend money on Facebook to promote its posts.
However, the social media giant opted to severely restrict the organization’s ability to publish adverts online on Facebook, whilst simultaneously banning the charity from its affiliated platforms, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Facebook restricted the ACN’s campaign by 90 percent in November, explaining to the charity that it had taken the measures to limit the charity’s reach due to a number of users reporting the ads as “offensive, misleading, sexually inappropriate” or “violent.”
Despite taking action two months ago, the tech giant has not yet lifted any of the constraints imposed on the organization, and has repeatedly refused to explain exactly how the adverts violated its guidelines, despite numerous requests by ACN to do so.
The director of the UK branch of the charity, Neville Kyrke-Smith slammed the social media company for its lack of transparency or logic in an official statement which read:
“We are horrified that our campaign which aims to help suffering women has been censored in such a draconian manner. By claiming to have banned our advert for violating its guidelines, but refusing to say which guidelines or how, Facebook have made themselves judge, jury and executioner.”
The campaign had been directed towards United Nations authorities and the UK government, and had included a report titled Hear Her Cries which detailed the acts of sexual violence committed against Christian women in Muslim-dominated countries such as Nigeria, Mozambique, Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan and Syria….
mortimer says
https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/world-watch-list/
Christians are particularly attack under attack from Muslim fundamentalists, This is not a matter of opinion. Every day, 13 Christians worldwide are killed because of their faith. Every day, 12 churches or Christian buildings are attacked. And every day, 12 Christians are unjustly arrested or imprisoned, and another 5 are abducted.
The countries where it’s most dangerous to be Christian are
1. North Korea
2. Afghanistan
3. Somalia
4. Libya
5. Pakistan
6. Eritrea
7. Sudan
8. Yemen
9. Iran
10. India
All but North Korea have large Muslim populations. Do the globalist media report this tragedy? No. They want you to think Muslim are persecuted.
MUSLIMS ARE NUMERICALLY THE GREATEST PERSECUTORS ON EARTH. And Christians are the most persecuted people … and Muslims are doing most of the persecuting.
gravenimage says
+1
mortimer says
https://www.frc.org/issueanalysis/the-crisis-of-christian-persecution-in-nigeria
February 2021 Edition
Since the dawn of the 21st century, and with horrifying acceleration in recent years, verified reports of murders, rapes, mutilations, and kidnapping of Christians in Nigeria have persistently increased. These attacks are frequently accompanied by the torching of homes, churches, villages, and agricultural fields. A July 15, 2020 headline reports that 1,202 Nigerian Christians were killed in the first six months of 2020. This is in addition to 11,000 Christians who have been killed since June 2015. Such violence has reached a point at which expert observers and analysts are warning of a progressive genocide — a “slow-motion war” specifically targeting Christians across Africa’s largest and most economically powerful nation.
News stories about the assaults in Nigeria are rarely reported in mainstream media outlets, and instead are generally found in publications sponsored by Christian organizations in their newsletters and websites. For this reason, the genocidal intentions of radical Islamist groups such as Boko Haram, Islamic State of West Africa Provence (ISWAP), and Fulani jihadis have not gained sufficient attention to alert global powers and authorities. To make matters worse, when these incidents are reported, they are regularly explained away as effects of climate change, local feuds, or internecine religious wars for which both sides bear equal responsibility.
somehistory says
Well the jerks at fb are aiding and abetting evil. Who should be surprised?
Like Pontius Pilate, they somehow believe they can “wash their hands” after the slaughter and expect no adverse Judgment.
Recently, the “powers that be”….media, politicians, supporters of the liars such as fauci, all got together and decided that whatever is opposed to their actions will be silenced and calling it something good, and fb, the twit, etc., are all a part of the cabal to silence those who disagree.
They don’t care one bit for Christianity….as Jesus said, “They will hate you and persecute you and you will be haled before kings for my sake.” This is demonstrated every day from all corners of the earth.
Fitna says
Indeed SH, unfortunately the Left has chosen to side with Muslims rather than their fellow non-Muslims like Christians. It’s the same pattern everywhere, downplay Jihad, make a big deal out of fake stories of hijab-grabbing. The Left have deemed Muslims to be their new masters.
As in Iran, Communists were vital in helping Muslims take over the secular, pro-US country and turned it into the rathole that it is today. At least there’s some solace in knowing once the Muslims have no use for Leftists, they’ll part ways with their head.
Had Leftists rightly and sensibly joined our side, Islam would’ve been banned already and Muslims would’ve been facing mass deportations. Instead we now have two enemies to fight.
Fitna says
I should add what also pisses me off is when Leftists like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins know Islam is evil but then they still hate on Trump for doing the right thing such as imposing the Muslims ban.
Well whose frigging side are you on? You oppose Islam but don’t want to take any real measures to defeat it and then hate on Christians who are trying to safeguard our nations from conquest. Are they looking for a three-way battle? You’re either for Islam or against, we need unite in the anti-Islam camp.
Fitna says
*unity
somehistory says
some people are just bad, Fitna. and they show it with their actions, their words and even their inactions. When they Hate was is good, they show their true self.
Hoi Polloi says
Exactly. For or against; get a spine. Stop expecting Christians, whom you condemn, to provide all the cover.
James Lincoln says
Fitna,
If history is any guide, the Leftist/Marxists will go the way of the Tudeh Party of Iran after the 1979 revolution.
Kepha says
Re Iran, I have to admit that part of me engaged in a bit of Schadenfreude to see the “stupid cleric” Khomeini do an end-run around the odds-on favorites in the Tudeh. I believe part of the Western Left’s downright hysterical reaction to international and “interfaith” [?] “fundamentalism” (whether Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, or Hindu or whatever) in the wake of the Iranian Revolution came from their having been bested by a social force supposedly on the way out.
I’m not speaking well of Khomeini. His taking our embassy hostage basically declared that there could be no peace between his revolution and the USA. He also let loose a lot of the pent up evil forces that come right from the heart of Islam itself. But I cannot mourn over the Marxist-Leninist Left when it falls victim to Islam. It wished to do similar things to the rest of us, after all.
gravenimage says
I can’t gloat over this, Kepha. That Jihadfists slaughter their allies if deemed insuficiiently Islamic is actually pretty awful. I am *no* fan of communism, but the liquidation of the Tudeh Party was horrifying–and they were *not* the onky victims.
You may laud the horrors of these Jihadists because you believe the Mullahs’ triumph twitted American Infidels, but I’m afraid I cannot join you. There has been a great deal of suffering in Iran since the “Islamic Revolution–including suffering of Christians.
gravenimage says
Facebook censors Catholic charity’s campaign to protect Christian women exposed to violence in Muslim countries
………………
Facebook just keeps getting worse.
Hoi Polloi says
Indeed.
notnolib says
Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerburg is known throughout the organization as a rapist and child molester. He enjoys fresh product via JoJo Cabbage Brain Biden’s turning over our border security to the drug and human smuggling cartels. As he aids them on his platform in their business, he receives “product” at professional pricing levels. President Trump severely limited the quantity of children to rape, and is therefore an enemy to Mark, Facebook, and the entire Democrat party.
gravenimage says
I am *no* fan of Mark Zuckerberg, notnolib, but do you have anything to back up your claims that he is a rapist, child molester, and involved in human trafficking? These are *serious* charges–surely you would not say this unless you have proof? I can’t find any such accusations online, though.
OLD GUY says
Women think about what you are supporting when you get on FACEBOOK. Anti-women’s rights, anti-America and Anti-FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
gravenimage says
I think guys need to think about these things as well.
Kenneth J Johnson says
Who were these people who complained to fac ebook abokutthe content of the ads??
mybet is Muslims. Who else finds the simplest remark or words offensive:
KEN
gravenimage says
It may have been a complaint, or it may have been internal Facebook censors.