The social media giants’ opposition to the freedom of speech and hostility to dissent from the far-Left’s line is abundantly documented. Thus it came as no surprise that Facebook would blow up the Robert Spencer author page. It is cold comfort to realize that Leftists crush dissent because they cannot answer our arguments or counter us rationally on a level playing field, as they control most of the primary means of communication today, and they silence us because silencing us works. We can congratulate ourselves on having bested them intellectually while their lies and distortions blanket us everywhere and we’re distributing the truth furtively to five close acquaintances on our tiny remaining platforms. If it hadn’t been for Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the social media giants would nearly have completed implementing their totalitarian agenda; he has set them back a bit, albeit not as much as expected or hoped.
Anyway, the destruction of Facebook’s Robert Spencer author page, where for years we put up the Jihad Watch posts, represents a new tactic. Instead of a notice that we had violated their elastic, elusive, self-serving and indefatigably Leftist “community standards,” this was destruction by frustration and technical difficulties. First, the automated posting feature, by which we had initially put links to Jihad Watch posts on this Facebook page, kept breaking down. Finally I started to post the various news items to Facebook myself. Then I began to get a notice saying: “This Page Isn’t Available Right Now: This may be because of a technical error that we’re working to get fixed. Try reloading this page.” But reloading the page would never work. My tech expert advised me to try a different browser; I did, but got the same result. He removed me as the page’s admin and added me back again, but while we were able to complete that operation (with some difficulty), after that we just got the same “technical error” notice.
This has gone on for quite some time, and the longer it goes, the harder it is to take Facebook’s claim of a “technical error” at face value. How many Facebook pages that adhere to the Left’s perspective get the same “technical error”? I expect that the answer would be very few, or none at all. All these “technical errors” seem to go in the same direction.
And so we will carry on without the Robert Spencer author page at Facebook. Even when we get to the point of distributing the truth to a tiny circle of trusted friends, I’ll be among those distributing it. Even if the audience is two or three or five people, the truth has explosive power; when it is restricted to a small circle, it can still burst forth with tremendous power in ways that the Left cannot account for or forestall beforehand. And so despite all the frustration of dealing with Facebook and the other social media fascists, it is all still worth it.
John1 says
I’m sure Muslim organizations continually made complaints to Facebook(which I don’t use). They are well funded to police the internet to stifle stories of what Muslims are doing around the globe. (Kill, rape, pillage, and burn).
Hoi Polloi says
I agree. I have many times thought they’re behind the actions that seem to target only those who don’t support a complete surrender.
mike says
me three they can’t handle the truth
Hoi Polloi says
+1
gravenimage says
Too true.
John Smith says
Once again the truth tellers have to be silenced. Like George Orwell said, “In time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” we are now living in that time of deceit.
You and your team Mr Spencer are heroes to most of us here, the information you provide us with is invaluable.
We may be a small movement now, but from tiny acorns mighty oaks grow.
Ade Fegan says
jihadwatch.org loads faster than any other site on my computer every morning
interesting paradox
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Very. In my case, Jihadwatch takes a few minutes to load. I usually visit some other tabs, like YouTube and Twitter, before returning to it
marc says
࿗Infidel࿘ do an MTR to the site
https://chemicloud.com/kb/article/how-to-perform-a-mtr-in-windows-mac-os-and-linux/
send me the results and I’ll tell you where the problem is
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Why do you still have a presence in Facebook? You’re asking for it by giving them the opportunity to take it down. Twitter is now a lot (although not completely) better, and there’s also Gettr, Gab and Truth Social. Plenty of platforms to get your message across
Similarly, you should have a presence on Rumble, and migrate all your videos there, in case YouTube too one day massacres all your content. You’ve seen Barry Nussbaum, Jamie Glazov, Frank Gaffney, Emerald Robinson, OANN all establish a presence there. Ignore what David Wood said about it: yeah, its search capabilities are primitive, and leave a lot to be desired. But anyone who’s subscribed to a channel can easily go to that page and check the latest videos there, like I do, since this site somehow doesn’t allow Rumble videos to be fullscreen
Molly Rishon says
There is also the smaller platform Telegram which many are turning to.
Hoi Polloi says
I use Telegram for Tommy Robinson and Apple is heavily interfering there.
Hoi Polloi says
The Post Millennial discusses a WSJ investigation of the ease with which pedophiles find their perversions supported on Meta: “Meta, whose apps include Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, accounted for 85 percent of the child pornography reports filed to the center, including around 5 million from Instagram alone.” Yet the investigation found instant returns for search terms and hosted content that should have triggered serious consequences.
We can all see that Zuck feels it’s a good idea to put this much comparative effort into harassing Robert Spencer, instead of addressing heinous crimes. We see Zuck’s warped priorities and this is not something society should accept.
gravenimage says
For good or ill, Facebook still reaches a lot of people.
Wellington says
Facebook has been highly destructive to true liberty and real democracy. It sucks big time.
FJB / Let's Go Brandon says
“True liberty” and “real democracy” are contradictions. The USA is a Republic, not a democracy. People should be able to exercise their 1st A right of free speech without being intimidated. That’s what we have today: intimidation, or democracy, from the Greek DEMOS KRATOS “the might or force of the people,” i.e., the current leftist mob mentality!
In Liberty (and by the way, there is no such thing as “true liberty” it either is Liberty, period, or it’s not liberty at all,) I can disagree with you 100%, and still we can both live in peace and respect each other’s opinions and ideas, as long as those ideas do not infringe on the natural (or God given) rights of the other person, aka, live and let live. Not so in a democracy, where the mob gangs up to oppose and eliminate all dissent. Democracy, fascism, communism, it’s all the same thing: one “think” and no differences allowed. Speak against power, and you are eliminated, imprisoned, beaten up, reeducated or canceled. Coming from the sate or government, it’s tyranny, or totalitarianism.
gravenimage says
Democracy in the modern sense is not mob rule. Try again.
maria says
How can people use Facebook. It is the worst book and its author Mr. Zuckerberg is responsible for its being.
If everybody boycotts that book it will disappear.
somehistory says
Not only does fakebook dictate, it has those on the outside of the computer world doing the same.
I’ve never been a member; never wanted to be and so many have their info there, but the rest of us are blocked from seeing because we don’t give them authority over us by joining.
Freedom is under attack. My daughter was in the parking lot of where she works, and noticed as she returned to her station, the clouds had some awesome shapes. She stopped to take a quick photo. Out of the dark, a voice yelled at her to “delete” the picture. She stopped and inquired of the speaker, whom she had not even seen. (the woman was dressed in dark pants and dark hoodie). The woman screamed again at my daughter, telling her to delete the photo or she would sue her for harassment.
My daughter showed her the photo and the woman went her way.
Now the Law says that a person in public has no say as to whether their photo is taken and a lawsuit would not happen…for “harassment” yet. But, the woman wanted to dictate and so she did.
Fakebook deletes what it doesn’t like. The government has been trying to squelch freedom to speak for quiet some time (back in the ’80’s, they began trying to silence the Truth about vaccines if it lead to “hesitancy.”)
Every day, those “in charge” are cracking down on Truth and it’s spreading to the people on the street. bm, antifa, and even individuals such as the screamer in the parking lot.
Keep “fighting the good fight,” Mr. Spencer.
gravenimage says
I just joined Facebook to participate in “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” some years ago. I haven’t really used it since.
Old Brummie says
My facebook account was ‘disabled’ permanently, because I shared a post about Tommy Robinson!
gravenimage says
Terrible, OB.
Peter Hedley says
Be sure to inform me of the new website you choose. Your postings are much appreciated.
Aum says
Facebook – I have never used it – never will.
That said, Robert should have a presence so people can access his truth on Jihad.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Except that they’ll keep doing what they’ve done above. Mark Zuck is totally bought & paid for by anyone who’d buy him – be it China, Qatar or anyone else. No point giving his minions the opportunity to censor us
Francis says
Hoping that each of us can take jihad watch’s posts and share it on our social media.
They cannot ban every one of us
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Actually, they can, especially if they use bots to do it
John Silvis says
Sue Facebook. That’s how things are settled in contemporary America.
gravenimage says
Facebook destroys the Robert Spencer author page
…………………………………
I was always worried that this would happen. How *dare* anyone on Facebook peacefully oppose Jihad terror?
QiaJenae Hamilton says
My dear Mr. Spencer!
You will have more than two or three or five people following you. Most folks are probably like me & buy every book you write as soon as we know about it. As well as read through you website weekly.
Mr. Z has a lot to answer for.
Blessings!
Q
gregbeetham says
It isn’t just Facebook, Wikipedia’s description of Jihad Watch below:
“Jihad Watch is an American far-right[5] anti-Muslim[11] conspiracy blog operated by Robert B. Spencer.[7][12][13][14] A project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Jihad Watch is the most popular blog within the counter-jihad movement.[15]”
Once again I was beseeched to donate to Wikipedia this year but I declined until they stopped calling Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch a far-right anti-Muslim conspiracy blog, I said to the one I got into a discussion with that Robert Spencer wasn’t responsible for the words in the Koran so how can his factual reporting of Muslim obscenities around the world be called an anti-Muslim conspiracy blog? Muslims are proud of what they do…aren’t they?
They won’t get any donation from me until they stop being useful idiots.