Twitter Suspends Media Site’s Account for Posting Video of Congressman Criticizing Big Pharma

Media company Grabien News has been suspended by Twitter for posting a video of a U.S. congressman criticizing pharmaceutical corporations, its founder said.

Grabien founder Tom Elliott wrote on Twitter on Dec. 31 that Grabien was suspended for citing comments by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) about COVID-19 treatments.

“Big Pharma Won’t Consider Therapeutics Like HCQ or Ivermectin Because of Economic Interests,” the post reads. It had an attached link to a video containing the congressman’s comments.

Elliott included a screenshot statement from Twitter, which sent him a boilerplate message that Grabien was suspended for “violating the policy on spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19,” which Elliott described as “next-level Twitter absurdity.”

“Obviously, in this case, quoting an elected leader on an issue that matters to everyone is important and newsworthy, regardless of whether you agree,” Elliott said. “And I can’t help but add that his basic point was once mainstream among progressives.

“I’ve appealed, making this point. However, I have no confidence in Twitter doing the right thing and acknowledging this tweet did not violate its terms & conditions.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/twitter-suspends-media-sites-account-for-posting-video-of-house-rep-criticizing-big-pharma_4189099.html

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Facebook 'permanently' locks account of conservative children's book publisher - which tells stories of Ronald Regan and Amy Coney Barrett - for 'disruptive content' - but left-wing publishers pushing the 'ABC's of AOC' and 'Feminist Baby' are not banned

Facebook has permanently disabled the account of a conservative children's publisher for failing to comply with its 'low quality or disruptive content' policy.

Heroes of Liberty, which has published child-friendly biographies of Repulican figures like former President Ronald Regan, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and social theorist Thomas Sowell, launched in November 2021, with the goal of producing children's content on underrepresented 'heroes,' said co-founder and editor Bethany Mandel.

Facebook did not give exact examples of which posts violated its policy, but in a message to Heroes of Liberty it pointed to a rule included in its advertising guidelines that states: 'Ads must not contain content leading to external landing pages that provide an unexpected or disruptive experience.

'This includes misleading ad positioning, such as overly sensationalized headlines or prompts for users to inauthentically interact with the ad, and leading people to landing pages that contain minimal original content and a majority of unrelated or low quality ad content.'

In its last post on the now-disabled page on December 19, the publisher advertised one of its books saying: 'Teach your children and grandchildren the morals and principles of Thomas Sowell with his beautifully illustrated biography. There is no better way to ensure a more promising future for the next generations.'

While the conservative publisher has been shut out of its accounts, the publishers of left-leaning children's books remain active on the social media platform.

Penguin Kids Books - publisher of the Little Book of Little Activists, the She Persisted series, Change Sings, and more - remains active on Facebook. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - with titles including Feminist Baby and the ABCs of AOC - is also in control of an active Facebook page.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10365085/Facebook-permanently-locks-account-conservative-childrens-book-publisher-Heroes-Liberty.html

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