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Laurie's avatar

I'm not surprised, but am equally disappointed. I am regularly censored on IG as "spam and trying to get likes" or "violating community standards for abusive content", (both total BS, as you're experiencing) when I'm benignly commenting on even non-RFK related posts. Others report the same thing. Our accounts are surely flagged and tracked. It's all rigged. I suggest contacting Shellenberger, Taibbi, Greenwald or the like to get this story out to a broader audience. And X users, tweet away. I'll share it on IG and FB, the only platforms I use. I have never trusted Musk and never will. Bringing in this WEF henchwoman was a very bad play for free speech and he's let us know often enough that he talks out of both sides of his mouth. He is not on Team Freedom, he's on Team Musk-a-Billion.

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Michael Kane's avatar

Instagram is different than X

Instagram is a META/ Zuckerberg product. Of course they are censoring, shadow banning, throttling.

But X has do much promise - we see RFK Jr has nearly 3 million followers and remarkable reach.

Hope this makes it to Elon and he makes things right.

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Laurie's avatar

Yes, I didn't make that distinction, but assumed readers here would understand the different platforms and owners. Just saying there is censorship across all platforms, especially of RFK supporters and anti-establishment narrative posts/comments. I hope there is some misunderstanding on X and that Musk will make it right. I just don't trust the CEO or even Musk, but I hope I'm wrong.

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Michael Kane's avatar

👍

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Brian Brogan's avatar

Could it be an outside hack job done on large scale?

"...more than half of Internet traffic is bots scanning content, interacting with webpages, chatting with users, or looking for attack targets"

"Programmed to break into user accounts, scan the web for contact information for sending spam, or perform other malicious activities."

This quote: I have no idea if it's true, I just pulled it from the net.

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Brian Brogan's avatar

I hope you'll inform us if and when you get any answers. When I comment on other people's posts in support of the Kenndy campaign or in defense of it, I get hit with bots, fake accounts, as a harassment. I had this discussion with Lloyd and another X follower who gets the same result (Although not posting on JFK.) With Teaches Choice in support of Kennedy it all seems to add up. I wonder if CHD has been ambushed as well...

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Michael Kane's avatar

Thank you for your analysis here - we really don't know what is happening at X, but we hope to find out. Please spread the TWEET to help us with this --- https://x.com/honestmedia_/status/1775183980544885167?s=20

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Brian Brogan's avatar

Thanks Mike, and thanks for putting this article together, I've tweeted it. Has this been brought to JFK Jr's attention via the campaign team? It made need to be addressed by JFK Jr himself in order to get proper attention. Cheers -

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PFC Billy's avatar

Elon is vulnerable, as are all the tech biggies. Toe the line for whoever is in power or be "investigated" for anti trust or whatever real or bogus charges can be laid against them, screwing with their company stock valuations, interfering with business, wasting time & money. Punitive lawfare & SLAPs for Elon if he shows signs of being TOO independent. They probably can't totally hose him like Tucker back in the day, his orbital lifting capacity & Starlink systems are now integrated into a lot of military & intelligence functionality but they can surely suggest that allowing X users to freely expand support for RFK jr. and interfering with re electing the mummy of Joe Biden is not cost free.

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Michael Kane's avatar

GARM may be a factor in this

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Sarah Westall's avatar

I am starting to think they are censoring moderate voices who can potentially reach a broad audience. The more extreme voices are allowed... unless they are too extreme. Those groups are used as examples of how they allow free speech and don't (most would agree with banning the most extreme). Then they silently suppress those who are the real danger to the status quo. I too have evidence of being suppressed. So it's not just open Kennedy supporters. I haven't been openly supporting anyone right now.

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Michael Kane's avatar

Very good points

Yes, I've seen signs it's more than just Kennedy supporters as well.

Hopefully this will make it to Elon Musk and he can clear this up and do the right thing...

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Anomaloid's avatar

You should be careful about trashing Yaccarino because of her alleged ongoing WEF ties. Those same allegations are being used against Nicole Shanahan by Trump supporters. Are you sure Yaccarino is a current stooge of the WEF or is she someone who has learned her lesson and moved on?

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Michael Kane's avatar

We didn't trash Yaccarino in this report. We reported the facts. I hope she has changed her views.

I am on record that Nicole Shanahan has a lot to answer to regarding some positions she has held that need to be questioned, discussed and debated:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5EUEzBOk1w/?igsh=MTE0Z3NsbmN5NXJhdg==

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JP Spatzier's avatar

Musk is a fraud & lied 🤥 from beginning

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Michael Kane's avatar

I hope you are incorrect

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