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Big tech upstart, Vocal, is censoring religious content because it deems it to be alienating and divisive to society. In reality, censoring faith is actually causing more alienation and division because it is excluding a group of people who are passionate about their faith. Stand up for the faith-based community who is without a voice in today's Silicon Valley ran digit world. Sign now to tell Vocal that religious content can be creative and is unifying.
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Dear John,
The blogging platform Vocal.media, is censoring religious content while posting many articles that are over-sexualized, promote homosexuality, and that support drug use. The blogging platform is gaining momentum through paid ads on Facebook and Instagram. Vocal encourages writers to be creative, and provides communities for those who want to write about marijuana, homosexuality and casual sex. But the platform discourages “overtly religious” literature. One writer submitted a Gospel reflection on the site and Vocal rejected it because it "contains religious content". While comparing its stance on religion to its stance on hate speech, the platform claims that religious content creates "alienation and division in society", and apparently believes promiscuity and drug use do not. Help us stop Vocal from discriminating against religious content. Sign our petition today:
Sign the petition demanding Vocal Media Stand up for the faith-based community who is without a voice in today's Silicon Valley ran digit world.
A simple reflection on the Gospel passage about Jesus healing a deaf man got flagged for being overtly religious. Regarding religious content, the site says: "We've seen far too many instances of religious content creating alienation and division in society. That's why we do not publish stories that take an overtly religious stance, or function from the vantage point that a certain religion is truer, or in any way superior, to another. Characters in fiction can, of course, be religious, and we will publish stories that talk about religion in historical and journalistic contexts, but similar to our stance on hate speech, there's just no home on Vocal for content that risks creating deep divisions rather than fostering engaged communities." Meanwhile, the "Pride", "Filthy" and “Potent” communities on the site cover the aforementioned topics that are considered divisive by many people. So clearly, Vocal is open to discussing controversial issues, just not religion and definitely not Christianity. This typical progressive approach to writing topics has to stop. People are being pushed away from exploring religion through writing, while being encouraged to write about more sensitive and divisive topics like sex, homosexuality, and marijuana. Please help us stop the progressive political ideology from permeating the world of big tech that is censoring the faith-based community.
Add your name: Tell Vocal Media to open their platform up to religious content
How can a website for writers allow content about sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, and the “marijuana lifestyle” and not publish articles reflecting on the words of Christ, the most well-known figure in the history of the world? It's simple... Vocal Media is the latest example of the big tech industry censoring faith-based communities. They are following the lead of Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, and so many more that delete or shadow ban religious or conservative content. Big tech can only keep this up if users refuse to fight back.
The longer we wait the more momentum the platform will get and the harder it will be to reach them. Right now, Vocal is relatively accessible and there is a good chance they will heed our petition.
Sign our petition and we will send your signature directly to them. Tell Vocal that religious content can be creative and is unifying. Sincerely, David Kilby and the rest of the team P.S. This isn’t our first petition taking on how big tech treats Christians. With each action, your voice gets louder and louder and will soon echo in their luxurious Silicon Valley offices: "STOP BULLYING CHRISTIANS." Your signature will be used to stand up for the faith-based community who is without a voice in today's Silicon Valley ran digit world. Sign now to tell Vocal that religious content can be creative and is unifying.
More information: List of communities with “Filthy”, “Pride”, and “Potent”
https://vocal.media/communities Vocal Media Community Guidelines:
https://vocal.media/resources/community-guidelines
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