Check out these alternatives, or learn to be a good little slave
By Joe Newby - November 2, 2018
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If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard or seen conservatives pine for a
free-speech alternative to Facebook, I could retire a very wealthy
man. Recently, as we and others have reported, Facebook — the site
appropriately dubbed “Iron FistBook” by cartoonist A.F. Branco — has engaged
in what can only be called a digital version of “Kristallnacht,” appearing
to target mostly conservatives, punishing them for daring to earn a living
through their hard work.
Whenever we report these abuses — and that’s what they are — conservatives
wonder when someone is going to create a free speech alternative.
The truth is, there’s already several in operation just waiting for you.
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Here’s just a few (with many thanks to our friend Jeff Dunetz, for putting
quite a bit of this together):
SITE
URL Who Is It For
Codias
https://www.codias.com
Conservatives
MEWe https://mewe.com All ideologies
but no censorship
Mumbl It
https://www.mumblit.com #maga and #redwave #trump
#patriots!
Deplorables On Line
http://www.deplorablesonline.us If you have to ask…
ProAmerica Only https://proamericaonly.org/
Conservative patriots, Trump supporters
Trump Book https://trumpbookusa.com/ Do
you really have to ask?
Tea Party Community
https://teapartycommunity.org Conservatives
Social Cross https://socialcross.org
Anyone who follows the Judeo-Christian worldview
Minds https://www.minds.com/ All
ideologies, no censorship
OneWay https://oneway.com Similar to
Minds and MeWe, features top conservative news sites
Gab https://gab.ai A Twitter alternative
but is currently down
There are other sites, and we will add them as we find them. If you
know of an alternative not listed here, please let us know in the comment
section below.
Granted, none of these sites have the reach Facebook has. But think
about it — Mark Zuckerberg didn’t start with two billion users.
So what are your choices? You can jump ship, or maybe you’re one of
those who love being under Mark Zuckerberg’s thumb. Fine — that’s your
choice. Maybe you like being treated like someone out of George
Orwell’s “1984.” Perhaps you need someone to tell you what to think,
or what you’re allowed to see.
But the choice is yours. You can use more than one social media site,
get off Facebook completely, or stay on Facebook exclusively. But if
that’s your choice, remember — you’re not a customer, you’re the product.
Worse yet, you’re Facebook’s slave…
And if that’s your choice, don’t complain when you get abused… And trust us,
you will.
Facebook thought
This is a joke, but could it become a reality on Facebook in the future?
And to be clear, we’d like to see Facebook get squared away, because it is a
fantastic tool with great potential. But the current enforcement
regime — which more resembles the “Thought Police” — looks more like
something out of Orwell’s classic novel. And it doesn’t appear the
company is ever going to change for the better.
Facebook
Illegally Obtained Your Medical Records – Major Lawsuit Underway
Facebook
has been getting quite a bit of bad press lately, with the
Cambridge Analytica debacle, the data breach that affected
50 million users, and most recently, taking down the pages
of atriple-amputee
vetwho paid the social media giant
over $300,000 for advertising.
Now,
according to the Sokolove law firm, Facebook was given the
medical records of many Americans by hospitals &
healthcare facilities. That is illegal & is a violation
of state privacy laws!
Earlier
this year, Facebook was in fact in discussions with major
hospitals and asked them for the medical data of their
patients. Facebook wanted to combine the medical data with
the data they had collected about their users so they could
“help” people. Apparently, Facebook cares about our
well-being now, or it was just about doing whatever it
takes, including breaking the law to make money!
Mainstream
media covered the story, although, Facebook told reporters
that the project never got past the planning stages. But
Sokolove Law begs to differ.
“Facebook
has asked several major U.S. hospitals to share anonymized
data about their patients, such as illnesses and
prescription info, for a proposed research project. Facebook
was intending to match it up with user data it had
collected, and help the hospitals figure out which patients
might need special care or treatment.
“This
work has not progressed past the planning phase, and we have
not received, shared, or analyzed anyone’s data,” a Facebook
spokesperson told CNBC.
But
as recently as last month, the company was talking to
several health organizations, including Stanford Medical
School and American College of Cardiology, about signing the
data-sharing agreement.
The
issue of patient consent did not come up in the early
discussions, one of the people said. Critics have attacked
Facebook in the past for doing research on users without
their permission. Notably, in 2014, Facebook manipulated
hundreds of thousands of people’s news feeds to study
whether certain types of content made people happier or
sadder. Facebook later apologized for the study.
Health
policy experts say that this health initiative would be
problematic if Facebook did not think through the privacy
implications.
“Consumers
wouldn’t have assumed their data would be used in this way,”
said Aneesh Chopra, president of a health software company
specializing in patient data called CareJourney and the
former White House chief technology officer.”
Now,
you see, Facebook said they received no data from the
healthcare facilities, yet, the Sokolove Law firm just sent
letters to their clients & others stating that Facebook
had, in fact, come into possession of medical records. That
means Facebook would have come into possession of the data
illegally.
Here
is a photo of one of the letters that a reader sent to us.
We blurred out the reader’s personal info & the case
number.
As
you can see, the letter states there were privacy “breaches”
at the healthcare facilities. It also states that Facebook
received “patient’s personally identifiable information,”
and that the sharing of that information is illegal!
Facebook didn’t know they weren’t supposed to receive the
data? Really? Or they knew & took it anyway? They broke
the law! That is for sure!
Facebook
stated that they had not received any medical records.
Here’s the company’s statement toCNBC:
“Last
year Facebook began discussions with leading medical
institutions, including the American College of Cardiology
and the Stanford University School of Medicine, to explore
whether scientific research using anonymized Facebook data
could help the medical community advance our understanding
in this area. This work has not progressed past the planning
phase, and we have not received, shared, or analyzed
anyone’s data.”
“Last
month we decided that we should pause these discussions so
we can focus on other important work, including doing a
better job of protecting people’s data and being clearer
with them about how that data is used in our products and
services.”
Now,
we see, according to Sokolove Law, Facebook is either
mistaken or lying outright. I guess we’ll find out which
when they are in court! Break the law, pay the price!
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Check
out these alternatives, or learn to be a good little
slave
If
I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard or seen
conservatives pine for a free-speech alternative to
Facebook, I could retire a very wealthy man.
Recently, as we and others have reported, Facebook — the
site appropriately dubbed “Iron
FistBook” by cartoonist A.F. Branco — has engaged in
what can only be called a digital version of “Kristallnacht,”
appearing to target mostly conservatives, punishing them
for daring to earn a living through their hard work.
Whenever
we report these abuses — and that’s what they are —
conservatives wonder when someone is going to create a
free speech alternative.
The
truth is, there’s already several in operation just
waiting for you.
There
are other sites, and we will add them as we find
them. If you know of an alternative not listed here,
please let us know in the comment section below.
Granted,
none of these sites have the reach Facebook has. But
think about it — Mark Zuckerberg didn’t start with two
billion users.
So
what are your choices? You can jump ship, or maybe
you’re one of those who love being under Mark Zuckerberg’s
thumb. Fine — that’s your choice. Maybe you
like being treated like someone out of George Orwell’s
“1984.” Perhaps you need someone to tell you what to
think, or what you’re allowed to see.
But
the choice is yours. You can use more than one
social media site, get off Facebook completely, or stay on
Facebook exclusively. But if that’s your choice,
remember — you’re not a customer, you’re the product.
Worse
yet, you’re Facebook’s slave…
And
if that’s your choice, don’t complain when you get abused…
And trust us, you will.
And
to be clear, we’d like to see Facebook get squared away,
because it is a fantastic tool with great potential.
But the current enforcement regime — which more resembles
the “Thought Police” — looks more like something out of
Orwell’s classic novel. And it doesn’t appear the
company is ever going to change for the better.