The evils of big tech censorship surfaces in Georgia senate race

 Breitbart:

Facebook Censors Ad Highlighting Raphael Warnock’s Praise of Jeremiah Wright

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 The ad was bought by American Crossroads, a nonprofit linked to Karl Rove. It highlights Warnock’s praise for Wright, but was taken down by Facebook after it was “fact-checked” by Lead Stories, one of Facebook’s approved third-party fact-checkers.

Lead Stories claims the ad “leaves out context,” because it implies he was “communicating the same sentiment” as Wright. But Lead Stories also admits that Warnock referred to Wright as a “preacher and a prophet.”

In a comment to Breitbart News, the fact checker said they were unaware Facebook had taken down the ad.

“Our ratings result in labels being placed on or adjacent to content, but Facebook doesn’t inform us specifically on what other actions they take,” said Lead Stories editor-in-chief Alan Duke.

The ad is still viewable on YouTube:

Facebook’s “fact-checkers” include USA Today and the Washington Post, both competitors of conservative media.

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This is another example of big tech putting its thumb on the scales in a political race.  If Facebook really thought the ad lacked context they could add the missing context.  But big tech only appears to do this with conservative ads.  Many of the ads against President Trump lacked context and I do not recall any of them being taken down. 

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