Facebook Apologizes for Deleting Jan Brewer’s Anti-Obama Post
- Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:26am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Facebook apologized Saturday for deleting a post from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s Facebook page that was critical of President Barack Obama’s new illegal immigration policy.
The two-sentence statement from the social networking site called the post’s removal “an error” and apologized for any inconvenience.
Brewer’s post featured an image depicting the governor as the iconic 1940s “Rosie the Riveter” with the words “Arizona: Doing the Job the Feds Won’t Do!” In it, the Republican governor called Obama’s new executive order stopping automatic deportation of illegal immigrants “backdoor amnesty” and made reference to the unfolding “Fast and Furious” scandal:
The Obama administration cannot get its amnesty schemes through Congress, so now it has resorted to implementing its plans via executive fiat. There‘s simply no other description for today’s announcement that the federal government will not pursue the deportation of individuals who are in the country illegally but meet certain criteria.
This plan amounts to backdoor amnesty for hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of illegal aliens. Especially disturbing is that it comes in the wake of the Obama administration sanctioning the sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels — even as border states such as Arizona come under threat from those same illicit organizations. With this announcement, the President is encouraging more illegal immigration at the exact moment we need federal focus on border security.
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Both the picture and statement were removed Friday, apparently for violating Facebook’s “community standards,” Brewer said in a follow-up message, but not before garnering more than 10,000 “likes” and comments. After she re-posted it, it amassed more than 30,000 “likes” and comments.
According to Facebook’s terms of service, content may be removed if it is threatening, bullying, harassing, hateful, pornographic, or incites violence.
Brewer took to the site again after Facebook issued the apology.
“We won!” she wrote. “After Facebook censored and removed my photo and post criticizing Obama’s backdoor amnesty plan, they apologized and said it was done ‘in error.’”
Despite the site’s admission that removing the post was done by mistake, Newsbusters’ Matthew Sheffield speculated it was likely do to the phenomenon known as “flag spam,“ in which users ”flag” content they disagree with.
The “flagging” mechanism, meant as a way for sites to moderate spam and other prohibited content, is instead used to censor those with differing political opinions and tends to disproportionately affect conservative content, Sheffield said.
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Comments (181)
jessieH
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:23amFacebook is useless.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:33am“Fakebook” is just like “Goongle”. They are both in the tank for the commies.
Report Post »MASTER YODA
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:39amI don‘t and wont’ use facebook or any other social networking site. I think way too many Christian Conservatives are addicted to it. I don‘t want everybody knowing what I’m doing 24/7. Please consider boycotting facebook. They are as liberal as snopes. Send them a message by dropping out.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:58amAssbook.
Report Post »HD Veteran
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:08pmUseless to good Conservative Americans.
Great for the regime.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:29pmFacebook may be run by progressives and why people post every little aspect of their lives is beyond me but I think it is a great way for we conservatives to network . Through facebook we realize that we are the majority in this country and the dominate political philosophy.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:39pmFacebook (and others ) need to be called out every time their censorship is discovered. How much goes on that we can’t detect? I would say a LOT!
TEA!
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:26pmI agree with Master Yoda we should show FACEBOOK‘s Progressive owners that they can’t make money on our backs. It maybe free but your loss of Privacy is not. It costs you more than you get back.
You post that your on vacation your house gets robbed or worse. You get violent Flash Mobs with Racial overtones in Philadelphia and Cairo. And the Progressives want to use it to take down America’s Constitution….
Report Post »jjmnky
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:36pmWell don’t just say that and let the progressives and communists have it. They use it alot and it serves them well in their twisted world. We need to use it every bit as much as they do. Post any news or information that exposes them and even educate the few that have the ability to reason. We need to take over social media.
Report Post »becker88
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:44pmBunch of liberal idiots.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 2:42pmaim > Myspace > > Facebook > > > GOOGLE+
What more can I say?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 3:42pmDeleted my facebook account over a year ago. Part in privacy since fb was constantly shifting its structure, and part that even some of my “friends” would post some pretty disturbing posts on views of say religion, anti-tea party, adoring Obama, etc.etc.
Report Post »timeout
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:45pmi want to buy the poster. where ? or tshirt. where?
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:49pmI don’t facebook, I let my mouth do my talking.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:18pmI use Facebook merely to keep up with friends and relatives that are miles away. i don’t post my every f a r t on it. some actually “check in” with their mobile device when they go out to eat, but I think that’s a bit much.
Report Post »Finger Follie
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:47pmWhere’s the like button for these posts???
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:16pm“Sheffield speculated it was likely do (due) to the phenomenon known as “flag spam”
Report Post »Phoenixsoulfire
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:45pmGlad they showed their true colors. They won’t even allow my fiance to have a facebook page for my dog so people can post on there about dogs who needs a home. Which only helps dogs and harms no one else.
Report Post »happyisshe
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 3:28amThey sure should say SORY.
Report Post »TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 6:30amThere is a voluntary “Big Brother” element to it that really doesn’t sit well with me. Here is my face, what I believe, what I do, where I’ll be etc.. I don’t understand the celebrity and retail store use of it either when they have their own websites.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 7:10amYeah, eeerrrr !! it’s TGIG goin to the clubs if I can find my BFF we be at duh fireside inn @ 10:30 sharp.. Everyone come down !!! <<<<<<<<<<<< ridiculous .. This is facebook.. So gay ..
Report Post »Obi-Bob
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 10:03amTypical liberal appology …. people who just will NOT tell You what they actually believe. If it was really just an “error” or honest mistake, then no appology is really necessary …. is it ?
Report Post »RightWingStuffcom
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 3:38pmYep, and it’s our image used on various products found here:
http://RightWingStuff.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 1:29amMaster Yoda,
Add the Patriot Action Network to the list of sites to avoid. If PAN continues on its current path they will destroy the Tea Party movement.
Report Post »patjoe
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:57amI agree. I refuse to go on it as I believe it to be a front organization to dupe people into thinking it is a great ‘communication’ source, when in reality it’s a reason for Big Brother government to get as much info on you and your lifestyle as possible and just keep it in their files. It’s just another liberal, socialist tool.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:21amThe Facebook Leftist Nazis have been out in full force and deleting Facebook posts for a long time now. This is nothing new.
Believe me, it was no error.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:27amI never joined FaceBook and never will, but you folks here saying you can‘t ’delete it,’ what do you mean? The program on your computer can’t be deleted? Just askin’ …
Report Post »proudpatriot77
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:33amThis is nothing new. The Left cannot win without censorship and deception. I am not a huge fan of Brewer though. She is a bit of an idiot. Better than a Demoncrat though. Why still use Facebook if you are angry that they censored your post? Why not start a conservative boycott of them instead?
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:35amChazman
Report Post »It is like email kinda. All of your stuff is on their servers. You can’t delete stuff from their servers. They got it and you can’t have it. But, of course you can delete your end of it on your computer.
pattybbb1
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:49amI love that picture! It really fits Jan Brewer.
Report Post »sparta48
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:03pmI totally agree that facebook ie mark zuckerberg is a left wing nut job
Report Post »Steve
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:36pmThats not true.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:47pmMil-Dot… you can remove stuff (before you delete your account).
Report Post »Like, remove your pics, your personal profile info, email, etc.
Then just leave the account abandoned.
Even delete all your friends and then no one can even view the abandoned page.
one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 7:21am@CHAZMAN, Yes you can delete it, you have to go into regedit.. I’m not going to get into it but know what you are saying .. Even if you went there one time and posted one picture you computer will NOT delete the program, because then the picture gets deleted.. So it saves a facebook file FOREVER, even after you unsubscribe .. That’s when you go into registry ( IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ) and take facebook out of there.. Computer lesseons over now. As you all were..
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:17amSorry Wastebook, apology not accepted!
Report Post »EdgeOfForever
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:14amTo show how the power of “We the People” is growing, 2 years ago there would have been no apology. Our presence is building to the point they are scared of us. They know we hold the power to halt their Socialist/Progressive agenda. Not only are we not going away like they thought we would, we are growing as a threat to their power. Next, Saul Alinsky tactics which we are already seeing.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:23amJust another reason why I would NEVER use Facebook.. censorship… Zuckerberg another Obama Boot Licker!
Report Post »and Google execs another! and why I use another search engine …
flfshrmn
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:14amHe’s loosing almost everyone else here in the states due to his lies and alienation of groups. The Demunists never consider it cheating as long as it results in them getting the big end of the stick, fairly or not. The end result is that they are loosers, and we will shut them down and send them back under their rocks in 2012.
Report Post »fancydancy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 2:20pmHave you see the LIST that have a vetted interest in him winning again? It’s pretty intimidating.
http://teabook.org/profiles/blogs/why-obama-could-win-again
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:07pmFANCY,
That link represents a truly TARGET RICH ENVIORNMENT. Do you know if there is a link for Grid Mapping of these Entities?
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 7:33am@FANCYDANCY.. WOW !! I knew about the sheep but never did I see it written down on a list like that. Intimidating to say the least but, I’m still not giving up, you can’t give up even if we lose in 2012… See, if there is no other opinion being spoken then they can have their way .. Just remember ” the squeaky wheel gets the oil..
Report Post »olddog
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:11amAnyone of you using facebook that want to delete it will find it almost impossible, I still have not been able to delete it… I’ve been trying to Delete the Obama admin also but it keeps coming back..
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:18amNot to worry. It will be deleted in November 2012.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:18amjust like “flies to dem-wits”…“false book”…just another arm of the “oblamo” Dem-Com Par-Ta…
Report Post »olddog
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:08amProgressive Liberals Really Do believe in Free Speech as long as you agree with them.. Let‘s all make sure we keep supporting facebook because it’s fair and balanced..
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:06amI have Facebook and get Jan Brewer’s posts. The first Rosy Riveter post showed up on my FB. I then received a second post of the same thing the next day, with Jan Brewer saying FB removed her first post, so she just put it up again.
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:05amTime to delete my facebook account
Report Post »olddog
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:09amGood luck with deleting facebook I have tried several times and have not been able to..
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:10amDam to facebook, or as I often write, facebood
Report Post »freeweever
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:12amThis is what socialist nazi did and communist russia and china still do. These people are closet nazi’s and I think they know that and like it. Seriously, they know they are being nazi’s they have to.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:15am“FALSE BOOK”…just another messnbc…lib-tard’s galore…
Report Post »junkmaninohio
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:05amError? Don’t think so. Deliberate? Yes! Facebook users are subject to government scrutiny and social networking hackers. Not a smart thing to sign on to.
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:03amI try to use Facebook to inform the uninformed….I have problems with them removing many of the posts I make, censoring for the left. I will see my post there, come back a short time later and can not find it anywhere, especially if it is a good link to a very informative (usually conservative) topic.
Does anyone else have a problem with this?
Report Post »ElaineA
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:26amI just deactivated my FB account. Conservatives that believe FB is a leftist tool can protest by not using FB and perhaps keep themselves a little bit safer.
Report Post »mydogtippy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:50amI have the same thing happen to me on Yahoo and facebook.And some time on the Blaze I can not find my commentsor replys.
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:13pmMYDOGTIPPY,
You are entirely correct with regard to the Blaze. Everything here is Censored to the Max in order to Control the Direction of the Discussions and their Content. It’s kind of gratifying when they refuse a Post, just to know that it gave them sufficient Heart Burn to warrant dumping it.
Report Post »junkmaninohio
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:02amError my butt. Facebook is just another left wing social networking site dedicated to keeping left wing Marxists in power. Anyone with a Facebook account is subject to government scrutiny and retaliation. Facebook users are fools.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:02amThat would of NOT happened to a DemonCrat
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:56amFacebook is in bed with the Obama admin. and would love to stifle the conservative voice. FB is liberal propaganda fueling civil unrest all over the world. FB loves the mob and hates America and Israel.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:04amIndeed Facebook is in completely with the administration just as is Google; Obama will do anything to have his “event” happen so he can complete the takeover of the nation. I now fully expect one to be fabricated to allow his takeover say around 2012 election time.
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:55amWouldn‘t surprize me of Obama’s Thought Police was behind this Censorship. The Leftist/Communists are going crazy. They are totally going off the deep end and attacking willy-nilly at everyone who stands up for America and the Rule of Law. The Constitution is their Main Target, because without it they could Take over with their Communist Ideas. They need to be stopped and thrown out of America. Sent Pacxking to a Communist Country of their Choice. Give up their US citizenship. Become a Citizen of their Commie Brethren.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:03amDEMOCRATS have an invisible army that in small little cuts, silence Conservative thought. Notice no NAME is ever attached to this “Death by a thousand cuts” .
Report Post »burr99
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:53amSo, what do you do when your approval ratings have plumeted to 40%, and it looks bad for 2012? Why the answer is really quite simple. If you can’t buy enough votes, you simply legalize illegals living here, and BAM winning, you have instant Obama voters. Can’t we find some way to impeach this idiot?
Report Post »dejavu43
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:18pmThe impeachment process must start with Congress. Need I say more?
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:50amWhat ? another obama wh@he outted !!! well imagine my suprise. That’s what happens when a democrat gets a little money and power ! I’m just shocked I tell you. shocked !!!!!
Report Post »mtnhimike
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:49amI have never joined Facebook and never will join Facebook they are just a bunch of Liberal, Progressives that hate folks that speak out against the Government in Washington DC.
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:16pmYeah, my daughter calls it “FACE-B#TT” !! Kids see things so clearly sometimes it’s scary.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:48amWhat would be really cool is if conservatives started their own competitve media. Fox was the answer for conservatives until lately as I understand . I still appreciate Shaun Hannity, and the other conservatives there. But wouldn‘t it be cool to have conservative search engines so that you didn’t have to put up with Achmed directing our searches via our tax dollars to his mind controlling websites on healthcare? And wouldn’t it be cool to have a conservative type “facebook” I am sick of liberals trying to run every aspect of our lives. We do have some “Godly” alternatives. I wish that we could stop supporting the evil that has overcome our nation.
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:21pmOne MINOR CORRECTION here.
Shaun Hannity, is NOT any form of a CONSERVATIVE. He, and FOX NEWS etal, are at best Cheerleaders for the GOP-STATUS-QUO Wing of the BIG GOVERNMENT PARTY.
Report Post »Oraclevoiceofreason
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:44amBut yet they are completely complacent about vulgar disgusting naked porn that is spammed and hacked into peoples accounts. I am bored with facebook
Report Post »Tomfang
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:41amMy kids wonder why I am not on Facebook. Maybe it‘s because I’m not a lemming.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:39amfacebook is led by the mentally ill and may be tinted by red.
Report Post »mikester8888
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:37amI wouldnt be apart of Facebook if i was paid for it. It may be a way for old friends to get together but the negatives far outwiegh the positives. ITS DANGEROUS…….and i wont be apart of it
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:44amCannot tell you how many times I’ve been asked if I have a facebook account…no I do not…cannot tell you how many times my daughter (12) has been asked by her friends if she has a facebook…no she does not…personally I wouldn’t want to arm any one with info they gather against me…call me paranoid…toooo much of the cyber stealing/bullying going on…seems like a pretty big mistake facebook did with Ms. Brewer…and to say Facebook doesn’t allow certain things to go on their website….hmmm…from what I’ve seen on some Facebook accounts, I thought anything goes.
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:58amPolice are actually solving crimes from the networks people create with this crap. Go ahead and let the whole world know every single thing you do, all of your associations, all of the restaurants and music you like, etc. etc. etc. I’m not saying that most people will need to worry about being involved in a crime and then having Facebook give them away, but the principle still applies. Maybe it would help you if one of your Facebook friends killed you and the police found clues to solve your murder, but perhaps you would have been better off not having that friend in the first place.
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:00amI posted a response to you but it was censored. Even Blaze has censors. But they never issue apologies, and they never explain why posts are censored.
Report Post »SingerGuy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 2:38pm@AB5R: No, The Blaze does not sensor, per se. They _moderate_ posts. It‘s an accepted practice across the internet and is used to make sure people don’t post spam, pornography, or other content against the standards of the particular board. Some times it takes a few minutes for your post to show up. You only waited about two minutes before you went after The Blaze because you didn’t see your post immediately. Be patient my friend (and less paranoid).
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:32am“Farcebook.”
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:31amSocialists, Liberals, Communists, Progressives, Anarchists, DEMOCRATS ALL believe in free speech.
Except for Conservatives
Report Post »Applehead
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:35amFacebook and Google are using social media to spy on Americans and bombard voters with Obama propaganda!!! Good ole Robert Gibbs new gig on Facebook!
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:40amhttp://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html
Report Post »An AmericanMom
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:13am100% percent correct Facebook…..is just another arm of Obama propaganda machine…..Zuckerman is so far up Obama butt….and would do anything for his Führer…I mean leader.
Free speech can only occur if you agree with them, if not they want to silence your viewpoint and obviously will…..2012 can’t come quickly enough….to throw these dirt bags out of office!
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:22amSacredHonor1776……A high tech……….Water World?
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:54pmRapture from BioShock?
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