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This summer, our “White House Siege” [ raised the hackles of the far right ]( [link removed] ), provoking a rabid reaction on social media. But not long after it launched, Facebook [ censored the campaign's main hashtag ]( [link removed] ), hobbling our efforts to [ resuscitate American democracy ]( [link removed] ). Despite our inquiries, the social-media platform has never clarified why it did this.  
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Our adherence to peaceful protest being reaffirmed in briefing after tactical briefing, it could hardly have been because our campaign violated Facebook's "[ community standards ]( [link removed] )." None of our WHS-themed posts came close to being "violent and graphic content" — they stood for the exact opposite — let alone any other form of "[ objectionable content ]( [link removed] )" the platform forbids.  
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So, what explains Facebook's actions? We can't be sure, but it's not far-fetched to speculate that the WHS was wrongly and ham-fistedly suppressed for the same reason as so much else on the platform. Facebook knows it has a big problem on its hands, with both misinformation and hate-speech flourishing on its watch. But in the absence of regulation, and with too much of it circulating too rapidly to assess properly, Facebook has resorted to knee-jerk, catch-all, and politically motivated censorship.  
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During these pandemic-plagued times, digital communications have become more crucial than ever to both the discussion of ideas and the organization of dissent. To resist corporations’ policing of internet-based speech, we need to take immediate action — before the digital realm becomes a place where only certain opinions, and certain ideologies, are permitted.  
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