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Two weeks after permanently banning several conservative commentators over perceived “hate speech,” Facebook temporarily suspended Candace Owens (shown), the leader of the Blexit movement, for a similar offense. The suspension, originally meant to last seven days lasted only one day as Facebook quickly backed down and returned Owens’ account to an active status after severe social media backlash.

Owens’ crime? A post from May 4, where she listed several poverty statistics and wrote, “Black America must wake up to the great liberal hoax. White supremacy is not a threat. Liberal supremacy is.” Owens was notified that her Facebook account was suspended for seven days because she had violated the website’s “community standards.”

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“This post goes against our community standards,” Facebook said of Owens’ post.

After the social network restored Owens’s account, it said, “It looks like we made a mistake and removed something you posted on Facebook that didn’t go against our Community Standards. We want to apologize and let you know that we’ve restored your content and removed any blocks on your account related to this incorrect action.”

Great. So, Facebook admitted its mistake so we can all forgive and forget, right?

Not quite. Breitbart has gained access to internal Facebook communications that show that Facebook maintains an internal list of “hate agents,” which includes Owens. Breitbart has released a screenshot of a spreadsheet, in which Owens’ name is listed under the heading of “Extra Credit (We should look into these after we’re done with the above designation analysis.)”

A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the existence of the “hate agent” list to Breitbart but claims that Owens has not yet been investigated by the social media giant.

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https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/comp...yz7ly1nvromTvcg

I may have told this before, but the first time I heard the phrase "hate speech" was when I was in college sometime in the early 70s. At the time I was an active Libertarian and we, along with a number of other groups, mostly Leftist, had formed an ad hoc committee to oppose the reinstitution of a draft. At one of our strategy meetings a member of the Socialist Workers Party (Communists who follow the approach and teachings of Trotsky) said something about allowing someone to use "hate speech". I do not recall what prompted the comment, but I do recall how odd I thought it to be (and hypocritical given he claimed to be a Marxist which is based upon hate).

In any case from this small and insignificant instance, the concept of "hate speech" has become, as Algernonpj notes, Isn't it convenient that social media and the MSM save the PTB from a blatant Ministry of Truth in the name of protecting us all from 'hate speech'