By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

One of the many byproducts of the Democrats' rigging of the 2020 elections, and the "defeat" of Donald Trump, is that there will be no limits in the foreseeable future to unconscionable political censorship by Facebook.[2]  There is no legal recourse now except to sue Facebook, its principals and employees (including its Chinese nationals), which would cost an arm and a leg.  And in all likelihood, some Liberal judge—or the lawless "Justices" of our Supreme Court[3]—would decide against the plaintiff.  The cost of litigation alone is prohibitive, which means that as a practical matter it would be an exercise in futility, in all likelihood. 

I have friends who have been brutally censored by Facebook, and banned from the Website for weeks if not months.  I laughed about it, until it happened to me.  Now I can appreciate fully what political censorship by American Websites is all about, and why it must be stopped.  Otherwise, we may witness what George Orwell described in his prescient "Animal Farm," where all of the animals were equal until the Pigs reigned supreme and subjugated the other animals—and their freedoms were desecrated.[4]

In my case, Facebook's censorship began "innocuously" last year, but it came to a head on February 22, 2021, when the cross-referencing of my posting at another Website served as the basis for a 7-day "expulsion" from Facebook.  A friend in New York has been "banned" for longer than that; and the next step for Facebook's "minders" was to ban him from the Website entirely.  Thus, they accomplished their goal of effectively intimidating and silencing him.  I have not agreed with everything that he says, but he is very intelligent and articulate; and his voice is important today and always.  So is that of everyAmerican.

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to our wonderful Constitution prevents the government from making laws that would abridge the freedom of speech.[5]  However, "Section 230" or 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(2) provides "'Good Samaritan' protection from civil liability for operators of interactive computer services [such as Facebook] in the removal or moderation of third-party material they deem obscene or offensive, even of constitutionally protected speech, as long as it is done in good faith."[6] The elimination of this law is long overdue.

I have appealed twice to something called the "Oversight Board," alleging "Gross And Unconscionable Political Censorship" and "My Comment Should Be Allowed Under Freedom Of Speech."  In both cases, the response was "Not selected for review."  Are the only alternatives (1) to shut down Facebook completely, (2) to repeal Section 230, or to (3) boycott Facebook and other Websites that abridge Americans' cherished freedom of speech?  Clearly, China's Communist rulers in Beijing are loving this, which moves them that much closer to global domination by the end of this decade.[7]

© 2021, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass). He and his firm, Timothy D. Naegele & Associates, specialize in Banking and Financial Institutions Law, Internet Law, Litigation and other matters (see, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-20-6-30). He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service). Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., www.naegele.com/whats_new.html#articles and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/), and can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com

[2]  Seehttps://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/is-google-becoming-microsoft-or-worse/#comment-14975("Has Amazon Joined The Ranks Of Google And Facebook In Despicable Leftist Censorship?")

[3]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/finally-clarence-thomas-opens-his-mouth/("Finally, Clarence Thomas Opens His Mouth") and https://www.newsmax.com/politics/clarence-thomas-election-law-scotus-voter-fraud/2021/02/22/id/1011008/(“Justice Thomas Blisters Court on Rejecting Election Cases”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/the-high-tech-lynching-of-donald-trump/(“The High-Tech Lynching Of Donald Trump”) (see alsothe comments beneath the article) and https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/22/supreme-court-rejects-trump-effort-to-shield-tax-records-from-ny-prosecutors.html(“Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to shield tax records from NY prosecutors”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/the-u-s-supreme-court-is-a-tragic-pathetic-joke/(“The U.S. Supreme Court Is A Tragic, Pathetic Joke”) and https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9287073/Supreme-Court-says-Manhattan-prosecutors-Donald-Trumps-tax-returns.html(“Trump calls NY’s Democrat DA Cy Vance a ‘headhunter’ as he slams SCOTUS ruling that forces him to hand over tax returns in fraud probe – calling it ‘a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our country'”) and https://www.nysun.com/national/justice-thomas-in-a-fiery-dissent-illuminates/91427/(“Justice Thomas, In a Fiery Dissent, Marks Need for Election Reform”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/the-day-america-died/(“The Day America Died?”)

[4]  See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm("Animal Farm")

[5]  See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution("First Amendment to the United States Constitution")

[6]  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230("Section 230")

[7]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/the-day-america-died/(“The Day America Died?”)