{"id":20080,"date":"2024-06-07T10:41:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=20080"},"modified":"2024-06-07T10:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:42:19","slug":"did-facebook-ban-my-book-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I cross-posted yesterday’s blog<\/strong> <\/a>on the FFF<\/a> podcast on Last Rights<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n

I learned late last night that I had sinned. Facebook decreed that my post violated “community standards” and removed it. YouTube had no trouble with the FFF post. But Facebook has a different “sniff test,” apparently.<\/p>\n

I have had trouble with Facebook before, detailed in this 2017 USA Today piece. “Facebook censored me. Criticize your government and it might censor you too<\/strong><\/a>.”\u00a0 I had reposted from my blog a widely circulated photo of the Branch Davidian home in Waco in flames in 1993 after the FBI tank assault.\u00a0 After I published their boneheaded ban, Facebook backed down.<\/p>\n

Here was the notice of removal I received yesterday:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

++ What the heck? How could it be spam if it was clearly labeled and including a video and link from a reputable organization – well, at least reputable to libertarians, anarchists, and hooligans.<\/p>\n

It gets better. Facebook notified me that I could appeal their ruling. Fine – I can explain their blunder in three sentences. No such option. Instead, they offered a series of pages where I could check a box that looked like it was designed for kindergarten.\u00a0 “It’s not offensive in my region” – ya, that’s a great option to sway the Facebook Content Moderation Police in Manila. Has Facebook gone full Idiocracy<\/strong>?
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I cross-posted yesterday’s blog on the FFF podcast on Last Rights on Facebook. I learned late last night that I had sinned. Facebook decreed that my post violated “community standards” and removed it. YouTube had no trouble with the FFF post. But Facebook has a different “sniff test,” apparently. I have had trouble with Facebook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[391,4213,1173,817],"class_list":["post-20080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-censorship","tag-content-moderation","tag-facebook","tag-idiocy"],"yoast_head":"\nDid Facebook Ban my Book Title? - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Facebook blocked my post of a blog entry of a YouTube video of discussion with Future of Freedom Foundation on my new book, Last Rights\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title? - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook blocked my post of a blog entry of a YouTube video of discussion with Future of Freedom Foundation on my new book, Last Rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-07T14:41:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-07T14:42:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jimbovard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\"},\"headline\":\"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-07T14:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-07T14:42:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"censorship\",\"content moderation\",\"Facebook\",\"idiocy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/\",\"name\":\"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title? - James Bovard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-07T14:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-07T14:42:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\"},\"description\":\"Facebook blocked my post of a blog entry of a YouTube video of discussion with Future of Freedom Foundation on my new book, Last Rights\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/07\\\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"James Bovard\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\",\"name\":\"Jim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Jim\"},\"description\":\"Bovard's homepage is at http:\\\/\\\/www.jimbovard.com He can be contacted at jim@jimbovard.com James Bovard is the author of ten books. The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \\\"the roving inspector general of the modern state\\\" and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \\\"one-man truth squad.\\\" His 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, received the Free Press Association\u2019s Mencken Award as Book of the Year. His Terrorism & Tyranny won the Lysander Spooner \\\"Best Book on Liberty in 2003\\\" award. He received the Thomas Szasz Award for Civil Liberties work, awarded by the Center for Independent Thought and the Freedom Fund Award from the Firearms Civil Rights Defense Fund of the National Rifle Association. Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.jimbovard.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/jim.bovard\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jimbovard\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title? - James Bovard","description":"Facebook blocked my post of a blog entry of a YouTube video of discussion with Future of Freedom Foundation on my new book, Last Rights","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title? - James Bovard","og_description":"Facebook blocked my post of a blog entry of a YouTube video of discussion with Future of Freedom Foundation on my new book, Last Rights","og_url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/","og_site_name":"James Bovard","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","article_published_time":"2024-06-07T14:41:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-07T14:42:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jimbovard","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/"},"author":{"name":"Jim","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f"},"headline":"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title?","datePublished":"2024-06-07T14:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-07T14:42:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/"},"wordCount":231,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg","keywords":["censorship","content moderation","Facebook","idiocy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/","url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/","name":"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title? - James Bovard","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-07T14:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-07T14:42:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f"},"description":"Facebook blocked my post of a blog entry of a YouTube video of discussion with Future of Freedom Foundation on my new book, Last Rights","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/facebook-ban-june-2024.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/07\/did-facebook-ban-my-book-title\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Did Facebook Ban my Book Title?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/","name":"James Bovard","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f","name":"Jim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d95466cfd0934e38803c5035629df727ae4ec1f3f96c6883c05b5c52e2044505?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"Jim"},"description":"Bovard's homepage is at http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com He can be contacted at jim@jimbovard.com James Bovard is the author of ten books. The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \"the roving inspector general of the modern state\" and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \"one-man truth squad.\" His 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, received the Free Press Association\u2019s Mencken Award as Book of the Year. His Terrorism & Tyranny won the Lysander Spooner \"Best Book on Liberty in 2003\" award. He received the Thomas Szasz Award for Civil Liberties work, awarded by the Center for Independent Thought and the Freedom Fund Award from the Firearms Civil Rights Defense Fund of the National Rifle Association. Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","https:\/\/x.com\/jimbovard"],"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20080"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20097,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080\/revisions\/20097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}