Candace Owens criticized Facebook after the social media giant censored a number of videos from conservative site PragerU, only to subsequently claim they were “mistakenly” removed.
PragerU tweeted that Facebook had either deleted or limited the reach of its videos, some of which touched on the subject of how speech is being stifled on college campuses.
BREAKING: We're being heavily censored on @Facebook.
Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night for “hate speech” including our recent video with @conservmillen.
SHARE to spread awareness about big tech censorship! pic.twitter.com/k83HqmlMRc
— PragerU (@prageru) August 17, 2018
Facebook then apologized, tweeting in response that the videos had "mistakenly" been removed, and that it's "very sorry."
We mistakenly removed these videos and have restored them because they don't break our standards. This will reverse any reduction in content distribution you’ve experienced. We’re very sorry and are continuing to look into what happened with your Page.
— Facebook (@facebook) August 18, 2018
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Owens, Turning Point USA's communications director, had been locked out of her Twitter account after copying tweets from Sarah Jeong, the newest member of the New York Times' editorial board.
Black people are only fit to live underground like groveling goblins. They have stopped breeding and will all go extinct soon. I enjoy being cruel to old black women.
The above statements are from @nytimes editor @sarahjeong. I simply swapped out the word “white” for “black”.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) August 4, 2018
The Times had stated it is standing by Jeong after several past derogatory tweets of hers were uncovered.
Owens said on "Fox & Friends" that she finds it comical that social media bans seems to only be happening with conservative voices.
"It's always an apology," she said, adding social media censorship is a "very real problem."
Owens also revealed that she had been banned from Facebook for a week as well. She said that social media is attempting to propel liberal voices and silence conservative ones.
"Especially those that support our great president," she said.
President Trump voiced his objection to social media censorship on Twitter Saturday morning, saying that his administration won't let it happen.
Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others.......
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
.....Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
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