Anti-Trump Former UK Deputy Prime Minister ‘Involved’ In Facebook Censorship of Biden Story

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The fossilized Brits are policing American speech?

Report: Anti-Trump Former UK Deputy Prime Minister ‘Involved’ In Facebook Censorship of Biden Story

Former British deputy prime minister of turned Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook, Sir Nick Clegg, was allegedly involved in the tech giant’s decision to censor the New York Post article exposing details about the Biden family.

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A report in The Telegraph claims that the anti-Trump British politician — who exited the former Conservative-Liberal Democrat government when the latter was trounced in the 2015 elections — was one of several members of the content moderation team who decided to reduce the distribution of the damaging report their site.

While most censorship decisions on Facebook are handled by low-level employees and algorithms, high-profile cases such as the New York Post story are said to be handled by Facebook’s vice president of content policy, then the vice president of global public policy, and, finally, by the former Lib Dem leader.

A select few cases, including posts from President Donald Trump, are reportedly adjudicated by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, although the former deputy prime minister is also said to be in on such top decisions.

Sir Nick became Deputy Prime Minister in 2010 after forming a coalition government with the Conservative Party, then led by the notionally centre-right David Cameron.

Under his leadership, the Lib Dems saw a drastic decrease in support from the public, winning just 8 seats in the 2015 general election, a defeat which led to Sir Nick being ousted as leader of the party. In the 2017 snap election he lost his place in the British parliament entirely, with his constituents voting him out.

Sir Nick spent much of his enforced retirement trying to overturn the 2016 vote to Leave the European Union, but in 2018 he joined Facebook, writing in the left-wing Guardian that he was doing so to help the tech giant “navigate the numerous challenges it faces”, including “the balance between free speech and prohibited content”.

 

The left-wing former deputy prime minister has a long history of criticising President Donald Trump, even going so far as to join an anti-Trump protest when the American leader visited the United Kingdom in 2018.

Sir Nick said that he was doing so because of Trump’s “crazed attacks on the EU, NATO, and WTO have changed things. Plus his best UK pals are Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Piers Morgan.”

“He dislikes everything I believe in and believes in everyone I dislike!” he pronounced.

In September, Clegg suggested that Facebook would actively censor the President should he declare victory in November.

“If Donald Trump or indeed anybody else were to declare victory prematurely before the official results are certified, all users will see a very positive label on that post where that premature victory has been claimed making it quite clear to our users that the results have not yet been officially finalised,” Sir Nick warned.

The decision that was reportedly taken by Sir Nick, amongst others at Facebook, to censor the New York Post article was widely criticised as election interference by many on the political right in America.

As a high-profile political figure in Britain, the Lib Dem’s involvement in the apparent election interference is reminiscent of former British spy Christopher Steele’s role in disseminating disinformation against President Trump and his campaign during the 2016 election.

The censored NY Post article unveiled alleged emails from the son of former vice president Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, which seemingly cast doubt on the Democrat presidential candidate’s previous claims that he has “never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.”

According to the emails obtained by the Post, Hunter Biden introduced his father to an executive at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma — which was reportedly paying Hunter up to $50,000 per month to sit on the board of the company — less than one year before then-Vice President Biden allegedly pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor who was said to be investigating the company for corruption.

Users on Twitter were blocked from sharing the URL link to the article, and former Democrat congressional staffer turned Facebook employee Andy Stone announced: “While I will intentionally not link to the New York Post, I want be clear that this story is eligible to be fact-checked by Facebook’s third-party fact-checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform.”

On Thursday, President Trump suggested that “Big Tech” was censoring the story in order to help Joe Biden win the election in November.

“Now Big Tech, you see what is going on with Big Tech, [it] is censoring these stories to try and get Joe Biden out of this impossible jam,” Trump said, adding: “He’s in a big jam.”

“He and his family are crooked and they got caught and now they’re being protected by Big Tech,” Trump added.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley — who has asked both Facebook and Twitter to testify before Congress over the alleged election interference — said: “It’s basically Big Tech versus democracy. These tech companies want to control what we read. They want to control journalists in this country. They want to control the news and we just can’t let them.”

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very old white guy
very old white guy
3 years ago

There are many words I could use to describe this but the censor would cut me off. It is enough to say these people are corrupt left wing socialists/communists.

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago

What does “computer skills” have to do with prostitution? As for age, you know that it is call chid abuse and human trafficking, don’t you? Your photo: are you 15? Does your mother know? Do you kiss her with those lips?

very old white guy
very old white guy
3 years ago

Hey, alright . With my background I could make just about anyone look like a criminal, but I would use the truth. I guess I would not last long . I wonder, could I get an hour’s worth?

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

Just like the traitors in our own country!

CNN sucks!
CNN sucks!
3 years ago

Have your way with them YHWH! Finish what President Trump started. Thank you.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Anything happen to Christopher Steele for the Russia farce?
Nothing will happen with Nick Clegg.

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago

Meanwhile so many vile hate groups are still up.

A few years ago a group of Israeli law students did an experiment. They created two Facebook groups, one anti-Palestinian, one anti-Israeli. The text was almost the same except for who was the target. One day later they sent complaints to Facebook about both sites. The anti-Palestinian page and group were immediately taken down. The anti-Israel page and group remained up and was eventually taken down by the students who put it up.

No bias at Facebook? I have a bridge to sell you in Brookline, cheap.

Why does Facebook, Twitter, Google, et cetera, believe they have the right to censor as a publisher and yet they demand to be considered as utilities? Time to remove the protections under Section 230.

Who the hell do they think they are to censor Trump and company? They kill stories that they don’t like, and promote only one side of politics, They should post a notification on every page stating that conservative views will not be allowed on their site, or comments, views and opinions contrary to consensus liberal thought. Oh yes, and that do this because they are publishers.

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
3 years ago

When censorship is the only tool available by a certain political group to stop the truth…be aware…very aware.

1PierreMontagne1
1PierreMontagne1
3 years ago

Thew same Nick Clegg who is insistant that Julian Assange stay in Jail forever. Clegg is a Typical Nazi who will do anything to censor truth that exposes the evils of Leftism and that undermines Globalist slavery.

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
3 years ago

Notice the Julius Caesar wannabe Mark Zuckerberg’s haircut? Do you think he has your best interests at heart? He and his cronies are laughing all the way to the bank for your slavish devotion to his dystopian plan for total submission and addiction to his facebook platform.
At least the slaves in the South often rose up against their Democrat masters 160+ years ago….

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
3 years ago

Why are the Brits even relative these days? Their intrigues are way overblown…example…Christopher Steele’s false and salacious attempt to unseat a duly elected U.S. president. He did far more damage than the Russians who were actually playing both sides against each other.
But the low information folks on the left were duped given their fragile, illogical, and ideologically driven insanity.

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
3 years ago
Reply to  Ken Kruger

Clegg is no more representative of “the brits” as Biden is of America. He is viewed by the majority here as a hypocrite and a traitor. There are examples of such scum and flotsam floating around the political scene of every democratic country and in Washington I’m sure you’ll agree that they are legion.

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
3 years ago

Why are the Brits even relative these days? Their intrigues are way overblown…example…Christopher Steele’s false and salacious attempt to unseat a duly elected U.S. president. He did far more damage than the Russians who were actually playing both sides against each other.
But the low information folks on the left were duped given their fragile, illogical, and ideologically driven insanity.

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
3 years ago

Why are the Brits even relative these days? Their intrigues are way overblown…example…Christopher Steele’s false and salacious attempt to unseat a duly elected U.S. president. He did far more damage than the Russians who were actually playing both sides against each other.
But the low information folks on the left were duped given their fragile, illogical, and ideologically driven insanity.

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

The European left sold out their own countries why would we expect anything less from them!

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