{"id":46445,"date":"2021-01-09T09:16:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46445"},"modified":"2021-01-09T09:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:18:32","slug":"big-tech-continues-major-purge-of-conservatives-and-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46445","title":{"rendered":"Big Tech Continues Major Purge of Conservatives and Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Big Tech Purge Continues, Facebook Bans Walk Away Movement, Reddit Bans Pro-Trump Group, Twitter Purge Ongoing, Biden Labels Trump Supporters \u201cDomestic Terrorists\u201d<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by Sundance<br \/>\nThe Last Refuge<\/p>\n<p>Extreme control efforts are a reaction to extreme fear.\u00a0 If the left-wing political elements who control most social media platforms were not fearful they would not be taking such aggressive action.\u00a0 Today\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandonStraka\/status\/1347592064322719744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Straka announces<\/a>\u00a0his #WalkAway group has been removed from Facebook and deplatformed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-207005\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/walk-away-facebook-.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/walk-away-facebook-.jpg 707w, https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/walk-away-facebook--256x300.jpg 256w\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"623\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandonStraka\/status\/1347592064322719744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWalk Away\u201d movement was an organization of voices of former Democrats who turned away from the extreme leftist moves by the democrat party.\u00a0 The group was supportive of President Trump and the populist \u2018America First\u2019 message.<\/p>\n<p>This move comes after Joe Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-says-mob-that-stormed-capitol-were-domestic-terrorists-11610046962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called President Trump supporters<\/a>\u00a0\u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d and announced his administration\u2019s intent to target those voices as members of an insurrection against his administration.\u00a0 An alarming move to a totalitarian state where dissenting voices must be silenced and removed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-201434\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/short-tempered-joe-biden.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/short-tempered-joe-biden.png 1048w, https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/short-tempered-joe-biden-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/short-tempered-joe-biden-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/eadn-wc04-3211983.nxedge.io\/cdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/short-tempered-joe-biden-768x486.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1048\" height=\"663\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-says-mob-that-stormed-capitol-were-domestic-terrorists-11610046962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>] \u201cDon\u2019t dare call them protesters,\u201d Mr. Biden said in remarks from Wilmington, Del. \u201cThey were a riotous mob. Insurrectionists. Domestic terrorists. It\u2019s that basic. It\u2019s that simple.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<blockquote><p>Mr. Biden blamed President Trump for\u00a0<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-tells-rioters-i-know-how-you-feel-draws-bipartisan-condemnation-11609977209?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inciting the violence<\/a>, saying he had \u201cunleashed an all-out assault on our institutions of democracy.\u201d The White House didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026] Mr. Biden has said he plans to make a priority of\u00a0<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-administration-urged-to-take-fresh-look-at-domestic-terrorism-11605279834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passing a law against domestic terrorism<\/a>, and he has been urged to create a White House post overseeing the fight against ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-says-mob-that-stormed-capitol-were-domestic-terrorists-11610046962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, there is currently a massive \u201cpro-Trump\u201d purge happening on Twitter.\u00a0 They even banned Tech Fog, a CTH friend who was never controversial, always careful, and only posted court documents highlighting legal cases involving corruption.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/reddit-bans-rdonaldtrump-subreddit-ff1da2de-37ab-49cf-afbd-2012f806959e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>\u2013 Reddit has banned the subreddit group \u201cr\/DonaldTrump,\u201d a spokesperson confirmed to Axios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong>\u00a0While not an official group or page hosted by the president, it\u2019s one of the company\u2019s largest political communities dedicated to support for President Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they\u2019re saying: \u201c<\/strong>Reddit\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"gtm-content-click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddithelp.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360043513151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-link-text=\"site-wide policies\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddithelp.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360043513151\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">site-wide policies<\/a>\u00a0prohibit content that promotes hate, or encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence against groups of people or individuals. In accordance with this, we have been proactively reaching out to moderators to remind them of our policies and to offer support or resources as needed,\u201d a spokesperson tells Axios.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWe have also taken action to ban the community r\/donaldtrump given repeated policy violations in recent days regarding the violence at the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s the latest in a string of platforms to take action against Trump\u2019s accounts following the historic pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/reddit-bans-rdonaldtrump-subreddit-ff1da2de-37ab-49cf-afbd-2012f806959e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LINK<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The massive deplatforming and removal is unprecedented in scale.\u00a0 The movement by WordPress\/Automattic to deplatform CTH shocked many in the media when it happened to us the week after the election.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of CTH being deplatformed we received many notifications of support and shocked messages from inside the tech industry.\u00a0 In recent days those same voices have signaled that CTH was likely a coordinated first-strike that previewed this post election wave to shut down voices of dissent.<\/p>\n<p>These are remarkable times.\u00a0 Stand strong in fellowship\u2026 now people are starting to realize why CTH strongly advocated for unity of assembly in the last six months.<\/p>\n<p>There are more of us than them.\u00a0 The Big Tech oligarchs who control the system are trying to shut down communication amid the dissenting voices that demand liberty and freedom.\u00a0 This is a strategic effort in the battle for our nation.<\/p>\n<p>Stand strong!<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347323667966009347&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconservativetreehouse.com%2F2021%2F01%2F08%2Fbig-tech-purge-continues-facebook-bans-walk-away-movement-reddit-bans-pro-trump-group-twitter-purge-ongoing-biden-labels-trump-supporters-domestic-terrorists%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347323667966009347\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2021\/01\/08\/big-tech-purge-continues-facebook-bans-walk-away-movement-reddit-bans-pro-trump-group-twitter-purge-ongoing-biden-labels-trump-supporters-domestic-terrorists\/\">https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2021\/01\/08\/big-tech-purge-continues-facebook-bans-walk-away-movement-reddit-bans-pro-trump-group-twitter-purge-ongoing-biden-labels-trump-supporters-domestic-terrorists\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tech Purge Continues, Facebook Bans Walk Away Movement, Reddit Bans Pro-Trump Group, Twitter Purge Ongoing, Biden Labels Trump Supporters \u201cDomestic Terrorists\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}