The Silencing of Dissent continues on social media

Acclaimed Venezuelan news site, Venezuela Analysis, have had their Facebook page removed, days after publishing an article about the attempted assassination of Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, that challenged and debunked western's media's coverage of the attack. 

The silencing of any non-US State Department-aligned media and narratives on social media is in motion.

When Facebook is working with an organisation (the Atlantic Council) that is run by former US government officials and funded by NATO and war profiteers, to tackle ‘fake news’, what do you expect?

I find the argument that Facebook, with its billion+ users, is ‘a private corporation so can do as it pleases’ really insane. It has a horrifying amount of power. Following the removal of right-wing moron Alex Jones, some so-called socialists have been arguing this. They seem to have suddenly become ardent supporters of the ‘free market’/corporate state! Really strange. (Also strange that libertarians are doing the opposite!).

How foolish to think that our corporate rulers will only go after right-wingers like Alex Jones. He was just a useful excuse to justify censorship of those who really threaten their power - the socialist left.

And given that Silicon Valley is deeply imbedded with the state, as exemplified by Facebook's partnering with the Atlantic Council, it is not really accurate to describe these tech corporations are ‘private'. The US is an oligarchy/corporatocracy, not a democracy. The US government works in the interests of corporations and oligarchs, not the people. They ARE the government.

If you’re unbothered about hugely powerful and influential social media corporations working with the state to decide what is truth and what is not, what you are unbothered by is the silencing of dissent, and the silencing of the millions of victims of US/capitalist imperialism. These platforms have given them a voice. You are unbothered by the continued rule and destruction of the planet by oligarchs and corporate power, and our continued decline into dystopia.