Since
Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential Election, mainstream
media, aka ‘real fake news’, and mainstream social media, like Facebook
and Twitter, have begun their devious campaign of censoring what they
deem ‘fake news’ — or whoever doesn’t tow the neoliberal agenda.
A few weeks ago, The Duran’s Peter Lavelle wrote
a very revealing piece on the draconian phenomena of ‘ghost banning’
and ways Facebook and other media are censoring what ordinary people see
on their news feeds.
The method that Facebook is now using to censor news articles is very
unsuspecting and will go unnoticed to the daily Facebook user. Below is
an explanation of how exactly they are censoring your news feed and the
news feeds’ of your friends.
Facebook has created a privacy setting smugly called a “smart list.”
Here are some screenshots from my Facebook to show exactly what you can
do to make sure Facebook doesn’t censor your or your friends’ news
feeds.
When you share an article or post, the “smart list” is selected by
default. If the default “smart list” is selected, no one from your
friends’ list or beyond will see your post…
