Facebook Mistakenly Censors Conservative Education Company For “Hate Speech Violations”

Facebook says it “mistakenly” removed several videos and censored the reach of conservative educational organization PragerU, short for Prager University.

On Friday, Prager tweeted evidence that they were being “heavily censored” by Facebook – writing “Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night for “hate speech” including our recent video with @conservmillen.

BREAKING: We’re being heavily censored on @Facebook.

Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night for “hate speech” including our recent video with @conservmillen.

SHARE to spread awareness about big tech censorship! pic.twitter.com/k83HqmlMRc

— PragerU (@prageru) August 17, 2018

For reference, here’s one video deemed too “hateful” for Facebook – which suggests that when society tries to force men to feminize in order to eliminate “toxic masculinity,” it only creates a more toxic environment vs. encouraging men to harness their inherent masculinity for the sake of good.

Ladies and gentlemen, the video deemed too “hateful” for @facebook.@conservmillen
?https://t.co/rsogdgmdJ2 pic.twitter.com/kV6kfynqDm

— PragerU (@prageru) August 17, 2018

Facebook responded 8 hours afte Prager University’s original tweet with an apology, writing in a tweet: “We mistakenly removed these videos and have restored them because they don’t break our standards. This will reverse any reduction in content distribution you’ve experienced. We’re very sorry and are continuing to look into what happened with your Page.”

We mistakenly removed these videos and have restored them because they don’t break our standards. This will reverse any reduction in content distribution you’ve experienced. We’re very sorry and are continuing to look into what happened with your Page.

— Facebook (@facebook) August 18, 2018