By Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor
Censorship has come to America in the 21st century, folks.
It is real, it is happening right now… and the vast majority of people are unaware of it.
The more the veil is pulled back on the major Internet companies that comprise the most expansive communication network in human history, the more apparent it becomes – conservatives are being targeted for censorship by tech companies.
Imagine, if you would, that the post office and every delivery company were permitted to open and read all of your letters, packages, magazines, newspapers, phone calls, and postcards.
Then post office and delivery company executives announced they were to decide what was acceptable, and what was not. Anything deemed unacceptable would be throw in the garbage before it was delivered to your house… and you’d never be informed it even existed.
“Never in America,” you’d think. “There would be riots in the streets! There is no place for thought police in this country!”
I have bad news for you. It’s happening in America.
It’s happening to you and everyone you know.
And it’s going to get much, much worse.
This may sound like a conspiracy theory from a lunatic who has read George Orwell’s 1984 too many times. But it’s very real – and we have proof.
In an exclusive from The Horn News on September 1st, we investigated political influence among the five largest email providers in America and found a clear liberal bias.
The further our investigation into Internet bias traveled down the “rabbit hole,” the worse things got.
The Horn first reported that at a 3-1 ratio major email providers Yahoo!, Mail.com, Gmail, AOL, and Outlook filtered out conservative news from email inboxes in favor of liberal opinions. Since The Horn’s first investigation, the censorship from these email accounts has only gotten more aggressive, and it now a 5-to-1 ratio against conservative voices.
In fact, only two of these major email providers, Outlook and Yahoo, incorrectly labeled more than one liberal email as junk — and even then, they still targeted conservative email content at a 4-to-1 ratio.
Only AOL seemed relatively unbiased, only twice falsely labeling conservative emails (and zero liberal emails) from the test inbox.
What these email providers are doing is censorship, plain and simple.
But if you think that’s bad, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming.
It’s called First Draft News, and it’s backed by Google, the world’s most popular search engine.
Google has formed a “coalition” with the world’s two largest social media companies, Facebook and Twitter, and they have announced that they intend to filter all news and articles on the Internet to determine which are acceptable for billions of users to read.
Their goal, they claim, is to improve the news – by banning anything they determine unacceptable.
It’s like the post office, going through everyone’s mail and throwing away what they find disagreeable – but on a global scale and in secret.
They’re not acting alone. The First Draft News coalition is consulting with a who’s who in major left-leaning mainstream media organizations to determine what should reach Internet users’ eyeballs.
“The New York Times, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, CNN, ABC News of Australia, ProPublica, AFP, The Telegraph, France Info, Breaking News, Le Monde’s Les Decodeurs, International Business Times UK, Eurovision News Exchange and Al Jazeera Media Network,” are all included, Yahoo reported on the group’s press release. “Other organizations in the network include Amnesty International, European Journalism Centre, American Press Institute, International Fact Checking Network and Duke Reporters’ Lab.”
Surprised? Don’t be. Previous investigations from a multitude of sources have uncovered that Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been routinely accused of unfair bias against conservative news sources.
In fact, it’s become so routine, it’s not hard to find dozens of examples (see below).
Now, these same companies have announced they are combining forces to actively filter your news and suppress what they dislike.
Censorship. It didn’t come to America in the form of secret police, book burnings, or reeducation camps that we’ve seen in the past. Instead, dissenting opinions – conservative voices – are simply disappearing.
And if you didn’t know to look, you wouldn’t even know it was happening.
Its censorship, folks, plain and simple. They intend to control what you read, so they can control what you think.
And they’re getting away with it.
Don’t think that these social media giants intentionally suppress conservative voices?
Here’s a mountain of examples in the past few years alone, all from different sources, for your consideration. These are all different, independent instances of reported bias.
Some of these stories come from large organizations, some from small. Some of the reporters are left-leaning, some are right-leaning. But they’re all independent of one another, and they’ve all reported on different accusations of liberal bias by these internet giants in the past few years.
Google, the world’s largest search engine, is intentionally suppressing conservative voices.
The Horn News, “Google is Clinton’s secret weapon rigging the election”
Breitbart, “Google hides popular Hillary Clinton health searches”
U.S. News & World Report, “Google is the world’s biggest censor and its power must be regulated”
Quartz, “The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House”
CNET, “Google learns its Democratic political ties have bounds”
The Huffington Post, “Google Restores Links To Some News Articles After Outcry”
RawStory, “Google blacklists Bank of America parody website”
The Hill: “Google ‘forgets’ 170,000 websites”
The Guardian, “Google reveals sharp rise in requests for removal of political content”
Pando, “Google apparently scrubs military contractor partner listing”
International Business Times, “Is Google really censoring anti-Conservative Party search suggestions?”
Zero Hedge, “YouTube Has Quietly Begun ‘Censoring’ Journalists Who Criticize Government”
Facebook has a history of accusations of censorship with conservatives as well:
Steven Crowder, “Facebook is censoring me”
The National Review, “Social media leans left. Conservatives are going to have to build a better internet”
Heat Street, “Facebook trending topics censors conservative news”
Gizmodo, “Former Facebook workers: We routinely suppressed conservative news”
Real American News, “Facebook Bans ‘I Am a Christian’ Ad, Citing it as Offensive Speech”
The New York Times, “Senator Demands Answers From Facebook on Claims of ‘Trending’ List Bias”
Liberty News, “Facebook Bias Exposed In Telling Screenshot… This Will Shock You”
Vanity Fair, “Why is Facebook censoring this iconic photo?”
Boston Globe, “For those tired of online censors, an (alt-right) alternative”
Twitter’s bias against conservatives has also been well documented.
Red Alert Politics, “Twitter bias: Conservative writer banned for posting same tweets as Ghostbusters star”
The Washington Times, “Twitter users erupt: #DNCLeaks disappears from trending news as WikiLeaks emails released”
American Thinker, “Does Twitter have an anti-conservative bias?”
The Washington Examiner, “Twitter bans another conservative journalist”
The Washington Post, “Tweets are disappearing on Twitter. Why?”
The New Yorker, “Censoring Twitter”
Fox News, “Bias alert: Twitter bans Breitbart bad boy, but not ISIS-linked London loudmouth”
World Net Daily, “Twitter stock plunges as conservatives purged”
The Daily Caller, “How One Conservative’s Lost Twitter Badge Spells Trouble For Free Expression”
It’s a trend. It’s anti-conservative. It’s getting worse.
And now they’re flaunting their intentions.
Worried yet?
— Stephen Dietrich is the Managing Editor of The Horn News
John G . says
We all know the main stream media and National Broadcast Networks are all in the tank for Hillary the “Hun” – selectively omitting and altering passages from her speeches to avoid obvious errors and insuring the uninformed voters never see the real conniving lying real Witch that she is.
Lola Martin says
They have been doing it for the last 10 years. They suggest to put a tape on your web camera, I don’t bother, let them enjoy my ugly face every day and in top of that I try to make scary faces. I am not going to ruin my computer with adhesive, after all, tape or no tape they know who you are and where to get you, unless of course, you are an illegal or a muslim. Those are the sacred cows.
Johnny Appleseed says
Yeah, except that these are all private companies who can do whatever the hell they want. Just because you rely on them for far too much, doesn’t mean that they are doing wrong by showing what they damn well please.
Sort of how the Horn News only tells right-slanted stuff.
John G . says
Johnny Appleseed – another dolt “Liberal” who the doesn’t care about the facts or truth.
Mike says
Apparently you enjoy being lied to. Enjoy your dilutions! Your dreams will turn into nightmares and you won’t be able to wake up.
Budman says
Johnny Appleseed: It is not solely filtering the content that Google and Facebook are involved in, they are also reporting or passing information to the Federal Government.
For some unknown reason, possibly because of my background, where I have been very critical of this administration and the Liberal media, they have not censored me. It may be because what I say is based on facts known to be true while others may have said things that were not true or confirmed or used foul language.
There must be a connection between the Federal Government and we all know George Soros controls what is put into the mouths of Liberal News Outlets because he either owns or has a major interest in them. I have known this for quite some time but the beans were spilled in an email they found among Hillary’s emails where one high level advisor that what is said comes straight out of the White House and you know who Obama is obligated to since his money and media support put him in the White House and reelected.. All those who bother to read or watch the news also know the game if this email has been verified as coming from that source.
Ginger says
It’s called freedom of speech. If you don’t like Horn, then don’t read it. The PC Nazis want to control everything that we read, see, or hear in the media so they can control the narrative. Not going to have it. First step towards fascism.
SW says
That’s right, puts the other side of the coin in plain view as well a the opportunity for those on the right to post. AOL’s censorship is on the rise.
CJ says
Who the f— made them God that they can determine what is appropriate for me to read?
Jana D. says
So where do we get an unbiased email server. Mine is private, named after a known conservative President, and is awful. (I get hundreds of spam emails from ONE place, and have to check my spam folder because of all the whitelisted stuff that goes into it even though I’ve complained about it repeatedly.
Can someone DO something? So we can get our emails correctly. I’m not capable of this. Very low tech, barely able to function in today’s world.
JerryBranson says
I am one of those banned by Facebook because of conservative posts.They will not tell me why.
SW says
Because I said so!
Arthur Hartsock says
Alex Jones has been reporting this sort of activity on his Prison Planet site. Some of his views are very extreme, but there is a lot of truth in what he reports. And with every headline he becomes more of a prophet. And that’s not good.
Dee says
I’ve noticed articles I try to read just repeatedly reload and won’t let me read them . The past few weeks it’s gotten A lot worse . That’s fine , I believe as hard as they try to form this election it is and will continue to backfire in their faces . Start boycotts on all any anyone involved with this , just like the absurd bathroom policies this moron put in place , anyone like Target implementing them Boycot . It works !! TRUMP 2016
gerald serlin says
Agree, except that Trump must not be elected. Gary is the only alternative to bad (Trump/Hillary) and worse (Hillary/Trump).
Buffalo says
Sorry, gerald, not gonna happen. Trump is our best shot at changing things for the average American.
Barbie-2 says
Hope and pray not going to happen!! Trump is surely our only hope!!!!
J. Badillo says
“except that Trump must not be elected”…? Please do tell gerald, why not?
All the roaches in government are truly terrified and in panic at the mere thought of Mr. Trump becoming our next president, I really wonder why. It is high time to clean up house gerald.
Walk soft with a big stick, and Trump IS coming in with a BIG broom and dust pan, time to put all this present government garbage in the trash bin… and burn it!
pacman911 says
Try to boycott Israel, while 5.1 million Palestinian’s killed since 1948….
Rothschild’s private central global banking NWO cartel is so secret, but
is directly related of all the war’s of the world for century’s !!
Irene says
News censorship will only get worse as our Government turns over control of our internet use to a foreign country. I hope Congress keeps that from happening.
Pump44 says
If you have any faith in our Congress you’re living in la-la land.
Matyas Cserhati says
you see, the Internet was the last outpost of finding out correct news and the capability to spread the truth. Now the Illuminati wants to go after the Internet.
Deanne says
You hit the nail on the head. The Illuminati want us all to be dumbed up so we can’t see what and who is really behind the curtain ordering all the puppet politicians around.
CygnusX1 says
Control the minds of the people and you control the people. Communism 101.
Ron says
I have suspected that Yahoo has been relegating many of my emails from known conservatives to the SPAM folder.
gerald serlin says
I have felt the sting of censorship on AOL, myself. I post comments on stories that they publish, comments which are on topic and polite, and they are immediately erased. So sad.
Alice K says
So if Zuckerberg (facebook) can create a social media site from his dorm room, isn’t there a conservative around with the smarts to do this too? The answer, unless Congress doesn’t stop the President from turning over control of the Internet to the UN, is to create a conservative social media site where free expression reigns.
Bacel says
So right, Alice. I think it will come to that. More and more it looks like us against them, which is not what our forefathers wanted, but we were warned by our Bible of what was to come. “And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.” MAT 10:21
Oren says
Anyone out there remember when network news was in it’s infancy? Specifically Dave Galloway. He was the news. He presented the news and the weather. He actually drew the fronts and storms on a board. There was no PC police then. But now, if you pay attention to the drivel coming across as news, you’ll notice enormous gaps. We are being fed pure BS and the rest is nothing by a social event to watch and listen to the talking heads who know nothing. I don’t watch any news any more. I read the alternative sites on line…for as long as they last.
Joanne says
No one will ever CONTROL WHAT I READ OR THINK. I do not have a Facebook account nor do I useTwitter. Personally I consider it a waste of my time and of no advantage to the human race. However, I believe that most people are able to discern the TRUTH OR LIES if they open their eyes and ears in a spiritual sense.
GOD gave all human beings FREE WILL and therefore the choices we make in our lives is what defines our character. Therefore, if the media, social network websites, search engines and the Government continue to supress conservative thoughts it will continue until WE THE PEOPLE UNITE and elect people in our country who possess INTEGRITY, TRUTH AND HONESTY.
Lurvey628 says
May God put his ever loving arms around us and protect us.
J. Badillo says
Awsome post Joanne, and very well said. God bless you and family, take good care of your self and family and pass on those thought to everyone around you.
Kay Oxford says
The Communist Party USA played it’s hand too soon. They got cocky and thought we would all line up like little eunuchs. Guess they’re not as smart as they thought they were. This is a free-America, and we’re going to keep it that way, regardless of what the thought-police and their indoctrinated subjects think or want.
aw says
GEORGE CLOONEY, of course he wants HIL-LIAR-Y; filthy rich people NEED her to protect their sweet deals, especially being married to an International Lawyer……….Offshore Accounts???? money laundering, maybe????!!!!! GEORGE CLOONEY IS NOT ON THE SAME LEVEL WITH THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN……..WE DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY……..HE CAN BUY HIS “RIGHTS”………WE CAN’T……….WE’VE BEEN BURIED FINANCIALLY! BUT, CLOONEY DOESN’T GET IT…….I AM BOYCOTTING HIS MOVIES!!!!!
Florida Conservative says
Yahoo.com email now moves most of my conservative website, newsletter, pundits AND Donald Trump emails to SPAM. Even when I indicate they are NOT SPAM, they still go there.
NANCY HAKES says
I DON’T CARE FOR GEORGE CLOONEY, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR KILLARY
Barbie-2 says
I don’t care for him either. He is quite different than his parents. Think a lot of them. It’s a shame that people like him who are well known can’t see beyond the end of their nose. They could have a lot of influence!
Stephen Russell says
Covert censorship, Must end, now to Name Names, groups etc.
Road Runner says
There’s NOTHING quite like a good, old “HEIL HITLARY” Nazi Salute from our our modern day “though police”. Does ANY of this squashing of legitimate opposition viewpoints surprise honest, deep thinking people (whether you happen to lean left, right or center with your political senses)? Whether people have read Mr. Orwell’s “1984” or Huxley’s “Brave New World” (or even Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”), what we see happen on a planet-wide scale today to freedom of though and speech has to be petrifyingly frightful. God Almighty have mercy upon all the families of the Earth.
donald says
Freedom is not a License; and too many comments are made by people who know so little; and made in such in a vile & hateful manner. Recent Time Magazine spoke to the issue of why the Internet is losing out to a Culture of Hate. Further; we now know 70%, of the Traffic on the Internet is Porn related,
Cruz gets so bent out of shape over the possibility of this President turning Control of the Internet over to an Independent Agency; maybe something like the U.N.
So many responsible Americans want a new, Subscription Based Internet; to keep the Deplorable s from, “gutter talking,” both People & their comments. Those that debase dialogue, disparage & intimidate others ought to be Censored. Freedom is not a License!
JR-IA says
I believe this happened to my Yahoo account. A few weeks ago for some reason the Horn News all of a sudden started going to my “Spam” folder. I have since fixed it, hopefully it will stay fixed.