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Is anybody in the DKos community being targeted by Facebook because of their political views? [1]

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Date: 2023-03-27

I am just reaching out here because of some really weird circumstances I have encountered at Facebook, and I need to know if this is happening to others, or is it just me being paranoid.

I have had a Facebook account for more than a decade now. For much of that time, I was right leaning, and usually voted that way (NOTE: NO, I never voted for Trump. I knew he was a crook from the get go). But I had an epiphany and voted for Biden in 2020, and now vote Blue up and down the ballot. I also make pretty progressive posts on Facebook, and have posted some seriously anti-Trump stuff ever since he started running for office in 2016. And, ever since I began my anti-Trump and anti-Republican rants, especially since 2020, my account has been suspended several times for promoting violence when I have never done that. I do have a sense of humor, and Facebook has, since the time I turned Democratic, attacked me for that humor when they never did when I was right leaning. Here are some examples:

1 — A few days ago, I posted a joke about me being half Irish and half Jewish. Yea, my father was the Irishman, and some people on his side of the family became cops. But I couldn’t become a cop because, being half Irish and half Jewish, if I saw someone running a red light, I wouldn’t know whether to give him a shot of whiskey with his ticket or stone him to death. A local comic at an open mic music jam session here in Houston laughed his ass off when he heard it, and asked me if he could use it. I said sure. Today, I got a notice that the post violated community standards, and I will most likely have my account suspended for quite a long time.

2 — A few months ago, someone had posted a picture of an evil clown and asked “What would you do?”. There were a lot of funny responses in that thread. Mine was a Soupy Sales style retort “Hit him in the face with a pie”. My account was suspended for 90 days.

3 — Recently, someone posted a picture of a clock missing the number 2, due to daylight savings time. My response was “Find the thief who stole the number 2 and string him up”. Facebook notified me that this response violated community standards.

There have been other warnings and bans over the past few years, ever since I started making posts that were clearly anti-Trump and anti-Republican. Those were never flagged because what I believe they might be doing would have been obvious. It was all these innocuous and humorous posts that are being flagged and my account being suspended over. This has also happened to a few of my left leaning Facebook friends, and so I see a pattern here.

It is my gut feeling that this is just more than the Facebook AI doing this. I suspect that Facebook is targeting those who speak out against Republicans, who praise Joe Biden, and make left leaning posts in general. If this isn’t just a figment of my imagination, I would like to hear stories from other Kossacks. Again, I see a general pattern of harassment here, because this has not happened to me alone, but Facebook friends of mine who also speak out against Trump and other Republicans.

OK, so is it just me, or have others here encountered the same things on Facebook that I have? Let me hear from you.

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