Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumBernie Groups are GONE from Facebook!!!! URGENT!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4ggmpi/bernie_groups_are_gone_from_facebook_urgent/
I saw some Tweets about this, but thought it might just be some blips. Seems its more wide-spread than a few glitches.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)RepubliCON-Watch
(559 posts)These nitwit trolls are really something. .
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)How are you going explain this one away?
Jennylynn
(696 posts)She's lost my vote in the GE no matter what now.
JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)These were fan-generated groups mostly consisting of Millennials, from what I've been able to tell.
I haven't read all the way through the thread I posted, but it might tell you which ones were killed.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)They've shut down three or four of the biggest fan pages.
The ones I follow are all up, but I've seen this from several people on social media who belong to the groups that were shut down.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Just keep on having fun!
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)looks like they took down at least 3 groups.
(And Bernie is the underhanded one, right?)
https://www.facebook.com/Vets4Sanders/posts/10204643188718852
Bjornsdotter
(6,123 posts)....all my comments and responses are gone.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I know one of the missing ones is something like 'Bernie Sanders is My Hero" or something about Bernie being a hero.
Bjornsdotter
(6,123 posts)...Bernie Sanders Activists. A replacement page has been put up.
jillan
(39,451 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)The ones these folks are talking about were much larger.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)o my! And don't forget the flying monkeys. I cringe to think what these people would do with more power, an army and a surveillance state.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)My local groups are all still there, but several people have noted that other Bernie groups they are in have disappeared. There was a comment from a Clinton supporter instructing that if anyone in the Clinton campaign was involved, they should cut it the fuck out. That was nice to hear.
Chezboo
(230 posts)Please share this to any Bernie groups you're in. The "online activist" group Hillary's super PAC hired (basically paid trolls) are striking tonight. By spamming the "report post to Facebook" feature on posts in Bernie groups, they've successfully shut down 3 of the largest Bernie groups within the past 20 minutes. Bernie Believers, Bernie Activists, and Bernie Sanders is my Hero had over 120,000 group members.
Don't panic! This should only be temporary until Facebook reviews the situation. Forgetting for a moment that this is easily one of the slimiest tactics I've ever seen in politics, you can still go to reddit to keep current on what's going on in the campaign. They hit us the night before tomorrow's primaries for a reason. Stay organized and stay informed.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)Little do these mental-midgets realize they are pissing people off even more than they already are. And yes they are mental-midgets with no ability to think logically. I would call them children but that would be too kind. Bottom line is people are going to remember this and bite back....hard! And they forget there are groups like "Anonymous" that will provide some payback for morons that do this. I can't wait to see that day.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Argued with one, then they swarmed. I finally just blocked them and deleted most of my Tweets to them.
Do they really think they can call us "children," insult our intelligence and then expect us to vote for their corrupt candidate.
Boy, for a group of people telling us we're just kids who want ponies, they're not very bright.
Chezboo
(230 posts)Tonight, Facebook has shut down 3 of the main Bernie Sanders forums-- Bernie Believers, Bernie Sanders Activists, and Bernie Sanders is My Hero, which between all three groups, account for approximately 150,000 people.
Today, several very vocal activists, came onto the forums to advise that their accounts were shut down directly after the NY primary and had just been reactivated today.
Last week, the FB page for ,Election Justice USA (the group behind the NY election fraud lawsuit) was removed from FB for over a week directly after the NY primary and they've been fighting to get it reinstated despite FB not responding.
This is not what Democracy looks like Facebook. If Clinton can only win by denying Sanders supporters their right to speech, she shouldn't be running for the highest office in our country.
Facebook gets paid by us enduring their advertisements and just because Mark Zuckerberg supports Clinton doesn't mean they get to shut down the voice of the opposition.
We all need to shed light on the lengths the establishment has gone, and will continue to go, to silence us - please share this injustice. Copied and pasted
Baobab
(4,667 posts)just FYI.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I was just pointing to that link since it had info in the thread about the shutdowns.
Just a single source.
I'm seeing it all over Twitter.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Don't ever change, Team Rocket Clinton
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)That's good.
mr clean
(170 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Some are back up. Not sure about all...