If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Meta, the owner of both Facebook and Instagram, has taken a further stance in censoring content that uses the term “Zionists,” particularly in a way that conflates the term with Jewish or Israeli identities. Previously, the term was tightly regulated only in very explicit instances. However, the revised guidelines now include a broader array of phrases where neither “Jew” nor “Israeli” are specifically mentioned, signaling a significant shift in policy. The impetus for this policy enhancement came in the aftermath of the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023. This event has catalyzed several changes in Meta’s content moderation practices. In defining “Zionist” usage, Meta acknowledges the complexity of the term, which is often employed in political discourse about Israel and its policies. While Zionism is historically linked to the Jewish movement advocating for a sovereign state in the Middle East, Meta is arguing that its current usage on social platforms can sometimes extend to implicit or explicit antisemitism and has expanded its censorship policies. According to a blog post from Meta, content that attacks “Zionists” under antisemitic pretenses will now be removed. This includes insinuations of global control or comparisons to animals. Meta announced that it is also waiting on its Oversight Board to offer guidance on whether to allow comparisons between proxy terms for nationality (including Zionists) and criminals (e.g., “Zionists are war criminals.”). The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has applauded Meta for its decision to treat the inappropriate usage of the term “Zionist” as a substitute for “Jews” as antisemitic Tier 1 “hate speech.” World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder stated, “Meta’s decision is a much-needed advancement in our ongoing fight against online antisemitism and hatred. By recognizing and addressing the misuse of the term ‘Zionist,’ Meta is taking a bold stand against those who seek to mask their hatred of Jews.” “We appreciate that Meta has truly listened to the voices of Jewish communities that we work with. This policy change will help create a safer, more respectful online environment for everyone. I hope all other platforms will follow Meta’s leadership and take similar action,” added Lauder. Prior to the policy revision, 73 groups formally expressed their concerns to Meta through a letter. They argued that expanding the policy could improperly label discussions on Zionists—and consequently, Zionism—as inherently antisemitic. They emphasized that equating “Zionist” with antisemitism could mistakenly merge legitimate critiques of Israeli government actions with hate speech. “This move will prohibit Palestinians from sharing their daily experiences and histories with the world, be it a photo of the keys to their grandparents’ house lost when attacked by Zionist militias in 1948, or documentation and evidence of genocidal acts in Gaza over the past few months, authorized by the Israeli Cabinet, which includes members of the Religious Zionist Party,” the letter read. “And it would prevent Jewish users from discussing their relationships to Zionist political ideology.” If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Meta Tightens the Reins on Anti-“Zionist” Terminology appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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It looks like Joe Scarborough isn’t the only ex-GOP official now employed by MSNBC who is denouncing those Democrats who dare to question 81-year-old Joe Biden’s ability to run a successful re-election campaign. Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, now a weekend host on MSNBC, on Tuesday told Democrats to “shut the hell up and get behind” Biden, claiming the President “is being bullied by some in his party because of one event.” Steele also claimed, without any evidence, that the newly-unveiled Republican platform is a “lie,” saying the party is secretly still committed to a national ban on abortion (it’s not, to the chagrin of many pro-lifers) and wildly proclaimed that Republicans would push “an expansion of the Supreme Court under Donald Trump to solidify that conservative majority.”     Republicans have no such plan, but Democrats do. It’s called the Judiciary Act, and would add four Justices to the Court (bringing the total to 13) as a heavy-handed way to shift the balance of power without having to wait for new vacancies to arise. Yet if it’s thuggish and extreme for Republicans to pack the Court (which they’re not doing), how is it not thuggish and extreme for Democrats to want to do the same exact thing? Making the case for Biden, the ex-Republican scoffed that Biden’s inability to complete sentences at the debate “should have been no more than a weekend story” except for “media and political elites” finding other examples of Biden’s failures “that they now just want to sort of vomit on top of Joe.” Mitchell asked Steele, “What do you think Joe Biden can do to rescue this situation?” Steele replied: “Have Democrats shut the hell up and get behind him. The man said he is not going anywhere. All right? So take him at his word....When I was at the Moynihan train station coming back from our show on Saturday, I ran into an elderly Irish gentleman, who looked at me and said, ‘I just want to tell you something. Joe Biden is not anywhere. He is that 11-year-old kid with the stutter on the playground that was being bullied, and he is going to fight.’ That made me really kind of look at this situation a little bit different. Because in many respects, that’s what’s happening. He is being bullied by some in his party because of one event.” “I think he is being ill-served right now by his party,” Steele continued. “I have my profound differences with Joe Biden on policy. But up against Donald Trump, 34 time serial sexual predator, convicted felon, give me the old guy. Because I think the country is pretty much kind of said that, as you see the fallout from this not registering the way it has with voters, as it has with the Democrats inside the party.” Here’s the transcript of the relevant section of the July 9 edition of MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports (click expand to read the full transcript): July 9, 2024; 12:42pm ET ANDREA MITCHELL: Michael, you were, of course, former head of the Republican National Committee, so what do you expect from the Republican convention, with the Democratic Party divided over its own, you know, the competence of its standard bearer. MICHAEL STEELE: They [Republicans] are not divided over the incompetence of their standard bearer. They are all in. They have formalized and will make even more formal the elevation of a 34-time convicted felon, serial sexual predator and fraudster. Okay, that’s the nominee of my party. I do not support that individual, nor do I support the direction that this platform purportedly lays out for the wholesale, you know, sort of rounding up of immigrants and without any due process, putting them in concentration camps and shipping them out of the country. They are lying to the country, Donald Trump is, about where we are on women’s rights in the party. We are not backing off of a national ban. That’s very much what Project 2025, you know, as Kimberly noted; the Comstock Act and other elements will be in play. So it’s all a lie, right down to — as Donald Trump said, ‘I gotta win! I gotta win! So I’m gonna lie to you, and you’re gonna buy it.’ So that’s the expectation. And so I think you will see that play out in full color next week, Andrea, and how Americans consume that in the face of the Democrats’ circling their fire on Joe Biden, taking what should have been no more than a weekend story on the debate and turning it into a full-throated existential crisis within the Democratic Party, this storyline with Trump is going to play out in the, as a backdrop to that. And so it’s really an interesting twist going into this convention that the Republicans have sort of set up this sort of soft landing narrative on their platform, trying to play it off as not Project 2025, which it is; playing down abortion which, we know, they are going to go for a national ban when that’s presented; and even elements of the Supreme Court, Andrea — I fully anticipate Republicans to propose an expansion of the Supreme Court under Donald Trump to solidify that conservative majority. MITCHELL: Michael, what do you think Joe Biden can do to rescue this situation? STEELE: Have Democrats shut the hell up and get behind him. The man said he is not going anywhere. All right? So take him at his word. If you know anything about -- just put it this way. When I was at the Moynihan train station coming back from our show on Saturday, I ran into an elderly Irish gentleman, who looked at me and said, ‘I just want to tell you something. Joe Biden is not anywhere. He is that 11-year-old kid with the stutter on the playground that was being bullied, and he is going to fight.’ That made me really kind of look at this situation a little bit different. Because in many respects, that’s what’s happening. He is being bullied by some in his party because of one event. And if you thought it was all that bad, why didn’t a committee go to him in October of last year and say, ‘Sir, you need to stand down because we do not think you can win this race?’ They didn’t. They let 14 million Americans go through a primary process with him and others on the ballot and vote for him. And now these media and political elites have decided after one event, ‘Oh my God, there are all of these other events that no one talked about or put out in public,’ that they now just want to sort of vomit on top of Joe and think that those 14 million voters are just going to go, ‘Okay, we will swap him out.’ So I think he is being ill-served right now by his party. I have my profound differences with Joe Biden on policy. But up against Donald Trump, 34 time serial sexual predator, convicted felon, give me the old guy. because I think the country is pretty much kind of said that, as you see the fallout from this not registering the way it has with voters, as it has with the Democrats inside the party.

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Oakland, California, residents are moving to oust the city's progressive leaders who have overseen a significant increase in crime and homelessness.Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao (D), currently battling a recall effort, is entangled in an FBI investigation. Several city staffers were recently forced to turn over records to the bureau in response to a federal grand jury subpoena.'Oakland is in a crisis.'For the first time last week, Thao addressed the news that law enforcement agents raided her home in June, repeatedly noting that she could not share much information due to the "ongoing investigation."Thao will face a recall election in November after Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao secured over 25,000 verified signatures ahead of the July 22 deadline. Those behind the recall effort have slammed Thao for firing former Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong and allowing a "surge of serious and violent crimes" that prompted a number of businesses to close. After Thao's home was raided, her attorney and chief spokesperson abruptly resigned. She has not been charged with any crime.Loren Taylor, a Democratic mayoral candidate running to replace Thao, told the San Francisco Chronicle, "To say that this is the worst compilation of troubling, challenging situations that I've seen is an understatement.""A fiscal crisis, hundreds of millions of dollars, compounded with a public safety crisis that has folks fearful of moving around the city, and businesses leaving town, combined with homelessness crisis that continues to expand despite things getting better in neighboring cities. … This storm of events is the opposite of what Oakland needs right now when we're trying to rebound as a city, post-pandemic," Taylor stated.J.J. Jenkins, a local bartender, described Oakland's current conditions as "chaos.""Every time I think the pendulum has swung, something like Juneteenth [shooting] happens. And I don't think it's done yet. It's going to get worse before it gets better," Jenkins told the Chronicle.Former Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris (D) stated, "Oakland is in a crisis."Harris told the Chronicle, "Many of these problems are not new. They continue to evolve. They require ideas and renewed commitment to a plan of execution. The city must get beyond finger-pointing and the blame game as soon as possible."West Oakland Pastor Dr. Ken Chambers, who provides homeless services through his church, told the news outlet that crime, homelessness, human trafficking, and prostitution have become a big issue in the city."I've been in Oakland 58 years. I've never seen anything like this before. It's a multitask, problematic, complicated situation," Chambers told the news outlet. Thao is not the only progressive politician who will face an upcoming recall election. George Soros-funded Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price (D), who has gained a soft-on-crime reputation, also made it onto the ballot after a recall effort, which only needed 73,000 verified signatures, submitted roughly 123,000 signatures to election officials. Those behind the recall torched Price for failing public safety and creating a "doom loop" with her "progressive policies and failed leadership."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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