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Sunday, December 16, 2018

PHILADELPHIA: "CHIEF APOSTLE" PARTNERS WITH JEWISH DEVELOPER TO REVIVE "THE MET" FOR $56 MILLION "CHURCH" & SECULAR CONCERT VENUE WITH 25 BARS

FROM RAGS TO RICHES IN THE SLUMS
25 BARS, PROSPERITY PREACHING & ROCK STARS
UNITY IN APOSTASY & WORLDLINESS
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PHILADELPHIA: "CHIEF APOSTLE" PARTNERS WITH JEWISH DEVELOPER TO REVIVE "THE MET" FOR 
$56 MILLION "CHURCH" & SECULAR CONCERT VENUE WITH 25 BARS
BY HEATHER CLARK
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
 PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania preacher who 
identifies himself as a “chief apostle,” and has traveled as a 
participant in crusades held by prosperity preacher Morris Cerullo, has 
teamed with the world’s largest secular entertainment group and others 
to allow the building that he uses for Sunday services to be renovated 
and utilized as a lavish concert and comedy venue. The location, known 
as the Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House, or “The Met,” features 25 
bars and appearances by some of the largest names in secular music, such
 as Bob Dylan, Sarah Brightman and Boys II Men.
According to reports, Mark Hatcher, who leads Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival Center, had purchased the building in the 1990’s to save it from being demolished as it sat vacant for some time. Hatcher says that he used to attend religious services that were held at The Met in the 1950’s.
He spent $5 million on renovating the former opera house, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hatcher had hosted what he called “camp meetings” in the building in years past, which included appearances by Paula White, Rod Parsley, Steve Munsey and Paul Morton. Hatcher parked his Cadillac Escalade outside of the building, which is located in one of the poorer areas of the city.
Hatcher states on his website that his mission is to “restore the old landmark where God’s presence manifests to teach men of every creed of the Holy Spirit and that they are equipped to go out and compel fallen mankind to repentance, being established unto God and ever abounding in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.”
In recent years, Hatcher entered into a partnership with local developer Eric Blumenfeld of EB Realty Management to restore the property. Blumenfeld had also worked on the Divine Lorraine Hotel, which previously belonged to a cult leader who went by “Father Divine,” who claimed to be God and asserted that his second wife, known as “Mother Divine,” was the reincarnation of his deceased first wife.
The entertainment group Live Nation—which dubs itself as the “largest producer of live music concerts”—also came into the picture, entering into talks with Hatcher about using the building for concerts and other shows, while Hatcher would continue to host church services at the location.
The extravagant building project, with 3,500 seating capacity and 25 bars, cost $56 million for renovations. Bob Dylan was the first artist to perform at The Met, which officially opened this month, with John Legend and Weezer shows days later.
Other acts scheduled to perform as booked by Live Nation, which manages the facility, include Pentatonix, Sarah Brightman, comedian Jim Gaffigan, Ringo Starr, and Boys II Men.
The site Amplify reports that prior to the Dylan concert, an official ribbon cutting ceremony was held, with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, City Council President Darrell Clarke, Live Nation Regional President Geoff Gordon, and the aforementioned Blumenfeld and Hatcher taking part in the occasion.
Architect rendering of The Met
“This is the building that nobody thought would be saved. God put certain people in place to make it happen, and it did,” Clarke stated, according to The Morning Call.
Last Sunday, Hatcher held his grand re-opening church service featuring fellow prosperity preacher Morris Cerullo, who he refers to as his spiritual father. Cerullo’s website includes posts such as “How You Can Make Prosperity Easy,” “Confess the Promise Out” and “A Transfer of Wealth From God to You.” A gathering with megachurch leader Noel Jones was also held on Dec. 6.
“I am really excited about tonight. Tonight is the beginning of something brand new, spiritually, in our city, something that is going to shake our city,” Hatcher said during the Jones event, according to the Philadelphia Tribune.
“This is the first night getting back in the building and the devil’s real scared right now. He’s real nervous,” he stated. “I haven’t slept in weeks, and when I thought I was going to lay down last night and get a couple hours of rest, the Lord began to download some stuff. He said, ‘What I’m about to do is not another level, but another dimension.’ The city has been in a drought, but he said, ‘Tell my people what I’ve done here on Broad Street is what I’m about to do in your spirit.’”
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 teaches, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?”
“For ye are the temple of the living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

 
 

STASI POLICE STATE: BRAIDS ON GERMAN GIRLS A SIGN OF RIGHT WING EXTREMISM~COUNTRYSIDE DWELLING, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FAMILIES ARE EXTREMISTS TOO!

 ANETTA KAHANE, EX STASI AGENT
STILL AT IT
 
 SEE OUR PREVIOUS POST:
POLICE STATE: BRAIDS ON GERMAN GIRLS 
A SIGN OF RIGHT WING EXTREMISM

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EAST GERMAN STASI STYLE 
INTERROGATION IN PUBLIC
 Germany Launches ‘How to Identify Nazi Parents’ Guide For Schools
BY CHRIS TOMLINSON
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
 PFUNGSTADT, GERMANY - JULY 11: Kindergarten teacher Jennifer Karbot reads a fairy tale about ghosts to her children in a Kindergarten (Kita) on July 11, 2013 in Pfungstadt, Germany. According to numbers which were published by German Family minister Kristina Schroeder, the country reached a family-friendly milestone in boosting the …

A new booklet for daycare workers that claims to help identify “Nazi parents” suggests looking out for girls with braided hair and athletic boys.

The 60-page booklet, entitled Ene, Mene, Muh – And You’re Out! was designed by the far-left “anti-hate” Amadeu Antonio Foundation ,which is headed by former Stasi informant Annette Kahane and based in Berlin with the foreword being written by Social Democrat (SPD) Family Minister Franziska Giffey, Berliner Kurier reports.
Ms Kahane made headlines in 2015 after the German government recruited her and the foundation to scour social media for “xenophobic posts” during the height of the migrant crisis.
 
Vice-Chairman of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) parliamentary group Nadine Schön slammed the booklet saying the case studies and suggestions were “absurd.”
“If educators should become overseers and correctors of parental convictions, that [crosses a line],” Schön said.
Labelling the practice “parenting espionage” — or spying on parents — the CDU politician criticised the aspects of the booklet that identifies the way children dress or how much physical activity they participate in as being potential signs their parents might be Nazis. saying it does not fit with democracy.
 Stasi

Academic: Former Stasi Secret Police Informant Unfit to Lead Government Internet Censorship Task Force http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/12/16/stasi-agent-unfit-lead-net-censorship/ 

The Amadeu Antonio Foundation defended the booklet claiming that the case studies were based on real-life cases they had witnessed including a girl with braided hair whose parents turned out to be far-right extremists. They also admitted that since the release of the booklet their phones had been slammed with complaints.
The case studies echo research presented by Antifa groups in 2016, which claimed that “Volkisch families,” those who believe in countryside living and traditional German culture and values, posed a threat to Germany.
Antifascist Action group member Olaf Meyer warned of “young couples [who] buy farms and restore them together with their relatives and friends.”

Countryside-Dwelling, Environmentally-Friendly Families are Right Wing Extremists, Researchers Warn http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/10/06/countryside-dwelling-environmentally-friendly-families-right-wing-extremists-researchers-warn/ 
The Amadeu Antonio Foundation has been roundly criticised in the past, not just for Kahane’s former Stasi ties but also for their methods which have been likened to the old East German secret police.
In 2016, the organisation was protested by the anti-mass migration youth activist Identitarian Movement which put up Stasi-logo stickers on the foundation’s Berlin office along with another sticker saying, “enter the surveillance state.” Kahane and the foundation later threatened to take the Identitarians to court over the incident.
Communist political oppression academic and Stasi expert Dr Hubertus Knabe also came out against Kahane in 2016, saying that it was “incomprehensible” to allow her the ability to have control over what people say online given her past.
The booklet has also sparked a petition on Change.org to cut the funding the foundation receives from German taxpayers, with over 5,500 signatures at the time of publication. The petition singles out the booklet saying, “The Amadeu Antonio Foundation, under the guise of fighting Hate Speech, is calling on citizens to denounce, report or criminalise other citizens.”
Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at @TomlinsonCJ or email at ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com
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 VIDEO: Ene-Mene Muh und RAUS bist du! Der Kahane Terror (gekürzte Fassung) Antonio Amadeu Stiftung
 

CANADA: TRUDEAU PAYING THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR QUEBEC-U.S. BORDER UP TO $25,000 FOR DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY MIGRANT INFLUX

 "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS TYRANNY"
CANADA: TRUDEAU PAYING THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR QUEBEC-U.S. BORDER UP TO $25,000 FOR DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY MIGRANT INFLUX 
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Beyond the immediate medical, living and housing costs for economic migrants who are flowing into Canada illegally over the Quebec border, Canadian taxpayers are also doling out significant amounts of cash for an unexpected expense:
Quebecers living by the Canada-United States border where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017 will be eligible for payments of up to $25,000, the federal government….Life along the previously sleepy Roxham Road — the main entry point for migrants entering the country on foot — has been disturbed, and residents deserve to be compensated, Border Security Minister Bill Blair said.
Trudeau has a history of extravagance. He has tried to buy the media with a 600-million-dollar bailout package that has been described by many as “headline buying” or “media management.”  Now he’s trying to pacify residents or border areas whose lives have been disrupted by the migrant crossings that should have been stopped immediately after they began.
The Toronto Sun reported during the summer months, when migrants were pouring in by the hundreds each day:
Roxham Road, a narrow paved road lined by horse farms and marshes, has served as a path recently for Palestinians, Colombians, Ghanaians, Nigerians, Haitians, Zimbabweans and Pakistanis, among others.
Who is going to pay for the traumatized guests of the Radisson Toronto East hotel, where about 400 refugees from Africa occupied all but two floors of the hotel, turning the Radisson into a squalid migrant camp? We also hope that no one has forgotten Trudeau’s welcome of anyone and everyone, including Islamic State jihadis, into the country, with Canadians given no say in the matter. Trudeau thinks that Islamic State jihadis can be a “powerful voice” for deradicalization. He also thinks that questions about his mismanagement of Canada’s borders are “Islamophobic.”
Canadians can expect to dole out much more money, particularly in the upcoming election year, and given the unpopular UN Migration Pact. The simplest questions about the Pact, which is claimed to be non-binding, must be asked: why is such a Pact even needed? Has Canada now fully subscribed to the globalist vision of open borders? Who is footing the bill for the migrant influx and the integration and assimilation of the migrants? Canada is already at a four-decade low in its employment rate, and it’s likely only to get worse.

“Residents near U.S. border in Quebec to be paid up to $25,000 for asylum seeker disruption: Bill Blair,” by Mylene Crete, Canadian Press, December 12, 2018:
OTTAWA — Quebecers living by the Canada-United States border where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017 will be eligible for payments of up to $25,000, the federal government announced Wednesday.
Life along the previously sleepy Roxham Road — the main entry point for migrants entering the country on foot — has been disturbed, and residents deserve to be compensated, Border Security Minister Bill Blair said.
“I’ve been there. I’ve spoken to the residents. I’ve seen the level of activity of the RCMP, the (Canada Border Services Agency) and other officials that has impacted what is otherwise a quiet, rural road,” Blair told reporters.
Roughly 96 per cent of all migrants who have crossed illegally into Canada since 2017 have done so at Roxham Road.
The federal Immigration Department says 16,000 people crossed the Canada-U.S. border illegally into Quebec through the end of October this year, and about 19,000 did last year.
Bureaucrats divided the Roxham Road area into three zones based on proximity to the border. People living in the closest zone are eligible to receive up to $25,000, those in the next closest $10,000, and those in the third zone $2,500….

ERDOGAN THREATENS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST U.S. BACKED FORCES FIGHTING AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE

ERDOGAN THREATENS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST U.S. BACKED FORCES FIGHTING AGAINST 
THE ISLAMIC STATE 
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
 
Not a friend. Not an ally. Turkey should be removed from NATO, and our international alliances reconfigured in light of the realities of the global jihad.

“Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by ISIS,” by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, December 14, 2018:
BEIRUT — U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after three months of ferocious battles in the militants’ single remaining enclave in eastern Syria, activists and Kurdish officials said….
The Syrian Democratic Council, the political wing of the SDF, denounced Turkey’s threat of a military operation against the YPG and called on Syrians of all ethnic and religious groups to unite ahead of a possible Turkish attack.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intensified his criticism of U.S. support for the Syrian Kurdish fighters, saying Friday that Turkey would clear the key northern town of Manbij. Over the summer, the two NATO allies had struck a “road map” to Manbij of the YPG, which Turkey considers a terror organization linked to an insurgency within its own borders.
The Turkish presidency released a statement Friday saying Erdogan spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and they agreed on the “need for more effective coordination” in Syria. Erdogan reiterated “Turkey’s legitimate security concerns” regarding the YPG.
Erdogan argued the U.S. has not kept its promises to push the YPG east of the Euphrates River.
“If you don’t take them out, we will also enter Manbij,” he said. American troops are stationed in Manbij, which was cleared of ISIS in 2016, and Washington and Ankara recently started joint patrols around the town….

AMAZON IN MINNESOTA: MUSLIM WORKERS DEMAND LONGER PRAYER TIMES, LESS WORK

 THE THREAT OF JIHAD IS ALWAYS PRESENT, 
ISN'T IT? ESPECIALLY AFTER PRAYING FIVE TIMES DURING THE WORK DAY
THE COST GETS PASSED ALONG TO CUSTOMERS
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AMAZON IN MINNESOTA: MUSLIM WORKERS DEMAND LONGER PRAYER TIMES, LESS WORK 
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
 
Amazon has banned Jihad Watch from Amazon Smile and Amazon Associates, but its aid to jihadis has not led to its being accorded any breaks by its Muslim workers.
“Amazon says it has offered accommodations such as providing prayer mats for workers, converting a conference room into prayer space during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and approving shift transfers for fasting workers.”
But it isn’t enough.
“The workers, many of whom are practicing Muslims, say the required productivity rate is too high, the company is unconcerned about worker injuries and that the conditions don’t allow practicing Muslims to pray as they otherwise would.”
The idea is to reinforce the principle, already established in other cases, that Muslims must always have special privileges and accommodations that others do not have. This is true now at Amazon unless non-Muslim workers get time off work equal to the prayer breaks that Muslims are given. Islamic law denies non-Muslims basic rights; only Muslims enjoy full rights in an Islamic society. To establish a similar situation in the U.S. is the ultimate goal here.

“Somali-American Amazon workers demand better conditions,” by Kerem Yucel and Nova Safo, AFP, December 15, 2018 (thanks to Mark):
A group of Amazon workers in Minnesota who are Somali refugees resettled in the Midwestern US state demanded better working conditions Friday during a protest outside one of the retailer’s warehouses.
Hundreds braved frigid temperatures to demonstrate outside of the Amazon warehouse in the Minneapolis suburb of Shakopee—home to a sizable Somali immigrant population from which Amazon has heavily recruited….
“We don’t have rights in the company,” worker Abdulkadir Ahmad, 30, told AFP.
The workers, many of whom are practicing Muslims, say the required productivity rate is too high, the company is unconcerned about worker injuries and that the conditions don’t allow practicing Muslims to pray as they otherwise would.
“We do not have enough time to pray. There is a lot of pressure. They say your rate is too low,” Ahmad said.
The workers timed their protest during the busy holiday shopping season, hoping to force the online retailer to make changes.
Amazon’s accommodations
They already have had some success. Amazon says it has offered accommodations such as providing prayer mats for workers, converting a conference room into prayer space during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and approving shift transfers for fasting workers.
“Additionally, we’ve continued to hire and develop East African employees. We’re a leader in this space and we feel really good about our record here,” Amazon spokeswoman Shevaun Brown told AFP via email….
But workers say Amazon’s efforts so far have fallen short.
“We are appreciative they’ve sat down and talked with us, but we are not seeing real action,” activist Abdi Muse said.
Muse is the executive director of the Awood Center, a union-backed non-profit that organized the protest and helps East African workers in the state….
“When workers leave Amazon, they still live with the back pain, chronic illness, and hurt and harm caused during their employment,” said Ahmed Anshur, the imam at the Al-Ihsan Islamic Center in the nearby state capital of Saint Paul.
Protesters said they want the multibillion-dollar company to give back to the struggling community that has been a major source of its workforce in the Minneapolis area by giving money to a community fund to help struggling immigrant families.
“It’s not a handout or a donation,” said Mohamed Omar, imam at another Minneapolis suburban mosque….
Of course not. Why, who would think such a thing?

NRB'S INTERNET FREEDOM WATCH: 60-MILLION-STRONG CHRISTIAN GROUP TARGETS BIG TECH OVER CENSORSHIP

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VIEWPOINT CENSORSHIP ON THE INTERNET
TIMELINE: 
Johnson Gives Social Media Platforms Ultimatum to Fix Censorship of Christian, Conservative Viewpoints
 “They need to fix this quickly,” said Dr. Jerry A. Johnson during a panel discussion on the reported silencing of “unpopular voices” at the Reboot 2018 conference in San Francisco on Friday. “And what I’m saying is: if they don’t do this – by December 31, mind you – we are going to ask Congress to take a look at 230,” he added, saying NRB would ask for “very careful, thoughtful” hearings.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was inserted in the 1996 Telecommunications Act in part to facilitate “Good Samaritan” blocking of offensive content without exposing web companies to lawsuits based on content that their efforts may have missed.
But Johnson suggested Friday that Big Tech companies no longer need “an extra layer of protection,” stating that Section 230 “came in when it was a new day.”
“It’s time to leave the ‘incubator,’” Johnson said. “Why do they need that now?”
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NRB President Highlights Internet Freedom Watch at First Amendment Lunch, 2018

60-MILLION-STRONG CHRISTIAN GROUP TARGETS BIG TECH OVER CENSORSHIP
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
 
The National Religious Broadcasters group has sent out a final ultimatum to Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter warning that if they don’t stop censoring Christian and conservative viewpoints, the NRB will lead its organization of 60 million members into a campaign to remove their Section 230 legal protections.
NRB President Jerry Johnson disputed claims by those tech companies which suggest they’re not actively burying Christian and conservative viewpoints.
“We have documented over many years that they are consistently censoring political debate between conservatives and liberals, religious and philosophical debate between Christians and non-Chirstians, on issues like life, marriage, and Islamic terrorism,” Johnson told PJ Media on Monday.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects web sites from legal liability for third-party content, but only if the sites act as a platform and not as a publisher.
However, censorship of content is a role more associated with that of a publisher, which is why Big Tech is running a risk of losing their Section 230 protections.
You can read NRB’s letter below:

NRB RENEWS CALL FOR SILICON VALLEY EXECS TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH

Will Ask Congress to Review ‘Good Samaritan’ Protection If They Fail to Act
WASHINGTON (NRB) – National Religious Broadcasters has renewed its request to Silicon Valley executives to implement their own free speech charter governing their content moderation or the evangelical organization will ask Congress to review the “Good Samaritan” protection the social media giants enjoy.
In December 6 letters to the CEOs of FacebookGoogleTwitter, and Apple, Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, president & CEO of NRB, warns that time is running out for the companies to act as evidence grows of censorship of Christian and conservative viewpoints at the social media companies.
If the companies “do not take concrete action against censorship of Christian and conservative viewpoints by the end of this calendar year, then NRB will be calling for new hearings” Johnson said. “Specifically, we will call for a review of the ‘Good Samaritan’ section of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.”
The provision not only protects internet companies from liability for what users post on their platforms, it also includes a section facilitating their “Good Samaritan” blocking of offensive content by defending them from lawsuits based on content their moderation efforts may have missed. Echoing a statement he first raised in September during remarks at a tech conference in San Francisco, Johnson suggested it may be time to remove or suspend this “extra layer of government-granted content moderation protection for ubiquitous platforms suspected of acting in bad faith.”
While calling for this “reluctantly” and noting such a review should be “very cautious,” Johnson said, “if major tech corporations continue to effectively ignore substantiated cries of viewpoint suppression – intentional or not, algorithmic or human – then I believe it’s time for a remedy.” Reconsideration of Section 230 is preferable to other “possibly heavy-handed government interventions,” he said.
The letters come one year after NRB launched Internet Freedom Watch, a new initiative to draw greater attention to viewpoint censorship on the internet, expanding NRB’s longtime focus on the subject. With the launch of the initiative, NRB sent letters to the same companies. To date, none of the companies has formally responded to the 2017 letters, although some have engaged NRB in various ways.
In the intervening year, the concerns about censorship of Christian and conservative viewpoints has only grown, and so has NRB’s timelinedocumenting examples of such censorship – now with more than 40 documented cases.
“This timeline does not include every verifiable example of viewpoint suppression, and we believe it is actually only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ with many more instances of censorship going unreported by people who feel they have no recourse,” Johnson said.
While some continue to claim concerns about censorship are a “hoax” or “conservative fantasy,” Johnson commended President Donald Trump, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, and Members of Congress who have become “powerfully vocal” about the growing problem.
In launching Internet Freedom Watch, NRB called for Silicon Valley leaders to adopt a free speech charter that “utilizes the wisdom of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment,” noting that those freedoms have been “refined by centuries of jurisprudence” and would still permit these platforms to “combat obscenity, incitements to violence, and the like, without unduly burdening free expression with an array of confusing and haphazardly applied speech codes.”
Last December, NRB also called for congressional hearings about internet censorship. Since then, CEOs of Facebook and Twitter have appeared before congressional committees where members have pressed them on censorship concerns.
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SEE ALSO:
http://www.nrbconvention.org/ 
http://nrb.org/news-room/press_center/ifw/nrb-renews-call-silicon-valley-execs-protect-free-speech 
http://nrb.org/index.php?cID=9730 
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VIDEOS:
https://internetfreedomwatch.org/video/ 
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 Documenting Online Censorship
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 Illustrating the growing problem of viewpoint censorship on the 
internet, NRB has compiled a timeline with representative examples of 
suppression of Christian and conservative views on the internet. 
Although private corporations, such as those in this timeline, are not 
constrained by the First Amendment, most claim to affirm and even 
celebrate freedom of speech. NRB has called on these tech giants to 
afford their users nothing less than the free speech and free exercise 
of religion rights embodied in the First Amendment as interpreted by the
 U.S. Supreme Court. The following timeline is not exhaustive, but 
merely representative, and some instances of censorship may have been 
later corrected in some manner. To view, click the image below or scroll
 through the timeline below. For a PDF of a vertical version of the 
timelines, click here.
 IFW_Timeline
 
November 2018
Radio talk show host and former congressional candidate Jesse Kelly banned from Twitter without any explanation.
Instagram deletes an image by Founders Ministries, “Only Men Can Be Pastors,” claiming the post was “hate speech.”
October 2018
U.S. Senate candidate from Tennessee Marsha Blackburn’s ad, “Stop The Mob,” rejected by Google Ads as “shocking content.”
Facebook rejects pro-life ads by Susan B. Anthony List about babies born prematurely.
August 2018
PragerU announces that it is being “heavily censored” on Facebook after videos were blocked as “hate speech.” Facebook later apologized and restored the content.
Because it “related to politics or an issue of national importance,” Facebook denies an ad that Steven Solomon, a pastor and Army veteran, wished to use to promote his radio program that said, “Speak the truth, Love God, Defend America.”
Facebook suspends popular blogger Elizabeth Johnston (“The Activist Mommy”) for unspecified “hate speech.” Facebook later apologized and restored content it had removed.
July 2018
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) confirms that he filed an FEC complaint against Twitter due to an apparent shadow ban of his account. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Mark Meadows (N.C.), and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) were reportedly also so treated by Twitter.
June 2018
Facebook blocks Dr. Robert Gagnon, previously on the faculty of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, for criticizing a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation video that promoted homosexuality and nudity to young children.
May 2018
Amazon denies Alliance Defending Freedom access to its charitable AmazonSmile program based on a categorization of the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center.
April 2018
Just prior to Easter, Facebook rejects an ad from Franciscan University of Steubenville featuring the historic San Damiano Cross because it was deemed “shocking, sensational, or excessively violent.”
January 2018
Google’s YouTube flags and deletes the live stream of NRBTV for an unspecified Community Guidelines violation. YouTube also inflicts a three-month strike on NRBTV’s account.
November 2017
Twitter informs radio talk show host Erick Erickson that his tweet related to the debate about transgenderism “has been flagged for possible violations” of its “hateful conduct policy and/or German laws.”
October 2017
Twitter blocks a political ad Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) attempted to promote because it deemed her reference to Planned Parenthood’s documented “sale of baby body parts” to be “inflammatory.”
August 2017
Google’s YouTube demonetizes hundreds of videos produced by Dr. Michael Brown, host of Line of Fire radio show, and targets “controversial religious” content.
July 2017
Twitter blocks tweets and retweets of AT&T’s public policy blog expressing an opinion contrary to its own during a “Day of Action” supporting “common carrier” Title II federal regulation over internet service providers.
Facebook temporarily blocks more than 20 pages of Catholic organizations and individuals followed by millions worldwide.
May 2017
Twitter makes Live Action, a pro-life organization, ineligible to advertise on its platform until removal of “offensive” content.
March 2017
Citing disagreement with views expressed in four videos by Pure Passion TV on sexuality, Vimeo removes all 850 videos of the ministry and closes its account.
January 2017
Amazon denies D. James Kennedy Ministries access to its charitable AmazonSmile program based on a categorization of the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center.
October 2016
Prager University announces that Google’s YouTube is censoring many of its educational videos by placing them in “restricted mode,” which flags and prevents them from being accessed freely.
July 2016
Google’s YouTube temporarily blocks a Center for Security Policy video critical of the Muslim Brotherhood, jihad, and Sharia law.
May 2016
Gizmodo, a technology blog, reports evidence of Facebook workers censoring conservative content off of and injecting preferred articles into its influential trending news feed.
November 2015
Facebook blocks postings by Vanderbilt University professor, Dr. Carol Swain, for over 26 hours after liberal student activists organized complaints about her religious and moral viewpoints.
Google’s YouTube terminates account of Olive Tree Ministries after the ministry posted an interview about persecution of Christians in the Middle East. YouTube reinstated the account 3 days later after media inquiries.
August 2015
Facebook temporarily blocks user postings about a report on illegal immigration by the Center for Immigration Studies.
April 2015
Responding to pressure from complaints, GoFundMe deletes fundraising campaigns for Sweet Cakes by Melissa and Arlene’s Flowers — companies that had declined to provide services for same-sex weddings — and then changed its terms of service to support its decision.
October 2014
Twitter blocks users from linking to a petition supporting the Houston pastors whose sermons were subpoenaed by the city because the pastors supported a referendum against a gender-neutral restrooms ordinance.
April 2014
Citing a violation of its Community Standards, Facebook removes satirical post about immigration and Nevada rancher standoff by FOX’s Todd Starnes.
March 2014
Facebook temporarily bans evangelist Ray Comfort after he posts a photo of Westboro Baptist Church signs in an article in which Comfort encourages Christians to distance themselves from Westboro.
December 2013
Twitter blocks users from posting a link to a petition drive supporting Phil Robertson who had been suspended from the Duck Dynasty show by A&E after voicing his biblically-based views on homosexuality.
August 2013
Citing a violation of Community Standards regarding religion, Facebook temporarily blocks administrators of the Military with PTSD page.
Summer 2013
Citing a violation of its Community Standards, Facebook puts a 12-hour suspension on the page of a UNC-Wilmington professor making arguments against same-sex marriage.
July 2013
Citing a violation of its Community Standards because of a post which favorably mentioned the NRA, Chick-fil-A, Paula Deen, Cracker Barrel, the Gaithers, and the Gideon Bible, Facebook removes the post and temporarily blocks access to the account of Todd Starnes, host of FOX News & Commentary.
June 2013
Citing its policy against “excessively objectionable or crude content,” Apple removes from its App Store a Setting Captives Free app that promotes freedom from homosexuality.
March 2013
Citing “security concerns,” Facebook temporarily closes the page of an Israeli journalist after he posted criticism of the Palestinian Authority, restores the page 24 hours later, but deletes the article in question.
January 2013
Citing a violation of its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, Facebook removes a post by Chicks on the Right that was critical of the White House press secretary.
Facebook threatens content control by issuing warnings or temporarily suspending bloggers’ accounts for alleged “spam” when bloggers simply shared content on multiple like-minded pages.
October 2012
Facebook removes a post critical of President Obama’s handling of the Benghazi attack and puts a 24-hour block on the account of Special Operations Speaks PAC.
July 2012
Facebook temporarily removes Gov. Mike Huckabee’s post in support of Chick-fil-A.
May 2012
Google’s YouTube pulls video of a youth minister who warned of the same-sex marriage movement in America.
November 2010
Apple removes Chuck Colson’s Manhattan Declaration from its iTunes App Store.