Friday, March 15, 2013

Op-ed:
The FB police have crossed the line this time                           
By: Diane Sori

Oh woe is me as I'm in a FB timeout again for something I did NOT do...had NO part in...and NO knowledge of. FB thy name is 'selective enforcement.'

Selective enforcement...the ability that executors of the law (in this case the FB police) have to arbitrarily select choice individuals as being outside of the law...in my case Facebook's Community Standards. The only problem here is I violated NOTHING as first, I was NOT online when the post in question was put up, and second, when the post was making the rounds I was NOT only NOT online I was 50+ miles away from my computer sitting in a dentist's chair (ugh).

This Feature is Temporarily Blocked...

You recently posted something that violates Facebook policies, so you're temporarily blocked from using this feature.  Learn More.

To keep from getting blocked again, please make sure you've read and understand Facebook's Community Standards.

This block will be active for 30 days.

This Feature is Temporarily Blocked...how I hate those words but that was the message I received from FB as soon as I logged on later in the day along with what the post was that I 'supposedly' put up.  What's amazing was how I could post when my carrier (Comcast) was down for the entire previous evening, including at the time I was supposed to have posted the oh so terrible post...which by the way was a post showing muslim brutality against Christians.

But the point is I did NOT post it...in fact the person who did (a fellow adman on a site I administer on) admitted to posting it and made NO apologies for it...nor should he have had to because muslim brutality against Christians is a daily occurrence in the cesspool that is the Middle East and North Africa.  You'd think FB would then lift my blocking and the others they blocked after the person who posted it came clean but here's where it gets interesting...they released the admitted poster and everyone else they blocked except for yours truly and one other adman.


Why NOT also release us from this unjust blocking...the only thing I can come up with is that it has to be because both this other person and I are vocal critics of the corrupt Obama administration, and of Obama's sanctioned islamization of our government and our beloved country.


And when you've been blocked guess what...there's NO way to actually reach FB and talk to a human one on one to appeal your blocking.  Sure FB has a Help Center but it's basically just for overcoming posting problems, friends problems, and downloading pics and such problems...how to appeal a blocking is NOWHERE to be found.


So what is one to do...you call a FB number that you're given by a previous FB time-outer and give that a try but guess what...yes you do get connected to FB but, and here's the kicker...a recorded message comes on that says FB does NOT take personal calls or personal issues at this time.  So NO way to appeal a blocking online or by phone.


Grrrrrrrrrrr...puts it mildly.

That left contacting FB via e-mail on a link that a friend gave me...but I can only send off a few lines as the space allotted is small beyond belief. Anyway, this is what I finally sent them after they did NOT answer my X-number of e-mails as they promised they would...after all, they really do NOT want to be contacted as they think of themselves as untouchable.


“l have NOT yet received a response to the message I sent you about my being blocked for 30 days for something I did NOT do. This is the link to explain it all and it has gone viral over the internet."
http://www.examiner.com/article/facebook-bans-conservative-blogger-for-link-she-did-not-post

"Being that I had NOTHING...I REPEAT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUESTIONABLE POST...I DEMAND in the strongest terms possible that you remove my blocking NOW as I will continue to pursue this until you respond. Your actions (falsely punishing me for something I did NOT do) are hurting my reputation and could be actionable in court.”

 

And so I wait to get out of the infamous FB jail (27 more days to go) relying on friends to post for me...to help me get the truth out about the lies told by this president along with my conservative message.  But one good thing is that when something like this happens you do find out who your true friends are...those that help you out when asked...and those phony friends who hang onto you just for the ride or for the notoriety.
 

So the unfairness by FB continues along with their double standards, censorship against conservative bloggers and posters, love fest with Obama and anything leftist, and now add selective enforcement into the mix...and selective enforcement crosses legal boundaries as their selective blocking of me for something I did NOT do has harmed my reputation by saying I am a FB 'lawbreaker' when I am NOTHING of the sort.

I'm in this battle for as long as it takes as FB will NOT take me down for I did NOT do what I was accused of, and I do truly believe that in the end the truth will prevail and I will be set free from the infamous FB jail...which by the way no file will help me get out of...must keep a sense of humor about all this you know.


32 comments:

  1. FB is so screwed up that when freaks troll their way in to you friends of friends list to gain privet photo access to then photo wives and children into nude they don't banned these account that don't even use real names and only if you yell and stomp your feet with they delete the photo's fb is a joke when it comes to real security.

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  2. As you have found out, the real Fascists out there come out of the Left. Thought-crime and,Speak-crime are now part of our Orwellian future with Liberals that have captured our political era. Fundamental change means loss of Freedom and Liberty. I closed my Facebook account a year ago. I will not feed the demons anymore.

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    1. I also post on alternate venues but the fact remains that FB reaches more people...hence our conservative message gets out to more people...than all other sites combined. That in and of itself is why we conservative bloggers must NOT remove ourselves from them yet.

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  3. Diane, my name is Katie and I work in the Facebook DC office. I was at the CPAC blog bash last night and someone passed along your article. I couldn't find your email address to contact you but would like to try and help look into this. Could you shoot me a note with a link to your profile or the email address you use to log in to katieharbath - at - fb.com? Thanks.

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    1. I have sent all you requested to you in an email.I appreciate anything you can do.

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    2. I have been banned from sending friend requests because I mistakenly clicked a couple of people a friend of mine had suggested I add. Now FB is asking if you know people outside of fb when you accept a friend and I guess if you click NO then the person who sent it gets in FB trouble!! This is NOT right! And I so hope someone else comes up with a version of FB but without all the BS!!!

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    3. FB has become a totalitarian world all unto itself. Unfortunately, even though there are some terriific alternate venues out there they do NOT have the reach or numbers that FB has and that's the problem when trying to get our conservative message out.

      As for your friend request problem, that has an easy fix...do NOT answer their question that way it does NOT register in their system.

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  4. DIANE:

    STAY TOUGH...WE WILL WIN IN THE LONG RUN...

    T

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    1. Rest assured I will NOT back down or give up the fight.

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  5. It sounds like we need to petition FB to include information in their FB Policies Re: Communication Standards on how to appeal when you feel you have been unfairly blocked. In addition, they should have to actually spell out the specific violation and evidence to support their reason for blocking you. Any thoughts on that?

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    1. I'll address this all in Sunday's Op-ed...doing research on all this now.

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    2. GOOD! What I did after being blocked for 30 days from sending requests is I put my thoughts on every mark zuckerberg page I could find. Didn't help! If they are going to be this anal about sending requests to people you don't know they should ask you if you want to continue before it sends it. And we all know Mark doesn't personally know ALL of his friends! And what is the big deal? The person on the other end can always say NO! I also play games on FB and I need a lot of neighbors so I have to find people who play the game to add! I just do not understand all this! FB is making me so ticked!! I have several friends who have had this happen! It isn't right! I thought meeting people was the whole point of fb any way! I am still in FB jail. They even said if I do it again I could be banned for life! If that happens I will sue big time and get some of Mark's tax refund!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    3. I think in the end there will be a major class action lawsuit against FB but that's just my guess...and I will be onboard for sure if there is.

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    4. speedracer50-50@hotmail.comMarch 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM

      Diane,
      If FB keeps giving you trouble then we all need to get a discrimination/bias type class action suit going. I was banned for 24hrs for telling someone that if they continued to threaten me I would download and email all of it to the FBI.
      This happened right after the Sandy Hook shooting and I had received 67 death threats in less than 48 hrs for being pro 2A and a member of the NRA and GOA. FB did not stop them from posting but banned me because I was going to turn it over to the Feds!!

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  6. Ok Diane posted on my blog then posted to Twitter and FB...hope it helps..:)
    http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-fb-police-have-crossed-line-this.html

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    1. Thanks Jack...I sent you an e-mail...please read it if you get a chance. Thanks again.

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    2. Posting to my wall as well.

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  7. Katie is the FB contact you need, is working with Conservative sites on FB. I think some of their automatic algorithms trigger punishment often inappropriate...she got my suspension lifted and has responded well to others, once informed. Hope you get it worked out...

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    1. Katie did absolutely NOTHING for me...in fact she came up with some total BS as to why my ban cannot be lifted. It's now crossed over into 'targeted collective enforcement' and I am working on an op-ed that I hope will help NOT only me but all the others unfairly and unjustly targeted by FB.

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  8. I know just what you mean. I am the founder/director of a Pro 2A group on Fb and I have been banned for posting on anything other than my personal page and my group page for 60 days! WHY?? I have no idea!!! No explanation, no nothing. I spammed no one, I posted nothing derogatory or anything that was not permitted by the FB terms of service. FB is violating the 1st amendment on many who support the 2nd and anyone who does not like the current Washington Administration. I have seen may other people who have also been blocked or banned and it is getting our of control. Facebook.com/TexanGunRights

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    1. You are so right. Check out my op-ed for today where I really nail FB and give links to their nonsense.

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    2. BTW, I was also banned one time for 60 days.

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  9. FB is just wrong, who are they to censor the Bill of Rights? OH wait...they are a private company, in the USA, making money in the USA, but exercise their childish rights to impose their one sided censorship....We the people are speaking, censor us all, please, we will find another venue, and you will go broke...

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    1. If you read my op-ed for today you'll see that once they started trading on the NYSE, which is a public venue, they lost certain rights afforded to private companies.

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  10. They have banned me also for 30 days on a post I did 3 months ago. At that time they took down my post and banned me for 7 days. Now they have banned me again for the same exact post they already took down back then and I am on a 30 day ban.

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    1. Check out my post for today as I address that and other issues as FB is trying to shut down we conservatives and that we cannot allow to happen.

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  11. United Patriots is the place to be. They offer way more than FB and its a conservative site. You can post what you want except things like porn or death threats. Its a better place to be and you can friend away.

    United Patriots - Home Page

    unitedpatriotsworldwide.com/

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    1. Will go there now and check it out...thanks.

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    2. Having trouble joining since I don't know who recommended me.

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    3. I just signed up and ignored who recommended me. Am waiting for email acceptance.

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