CO2 Coalition Faces Censorship from Totalitarian Big Tech
Rachel Kennedy
Digital and Communications Manager, CO2 Coalition
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[Editor’s Note: Big tech has gone full totalitarian. It is not only censoring Wu-Flu talk but also CO2 talk. We have arrived in a Brave New World with only approved speech.]
The censorship saga continues, with tech giant Instagram targeting the CO2 Coalition, thereby preventing the organization from creating an account within their platform.
This is the most recent in a slew of harassment and shadowbanning attempts beginning in 2020 by Instagram’s wicked stepsisters: Facebook and LinkedIn. In the Facebook realm, shadow-banning — the inability to advertise or “boost” posts and the addition of warning labels — are all commonplace for CO2 Coalition content. For LinkedIn, not only is the removal of posts frequent but so is also banning accounts. CO2 Coalition executive director Gregory Wrightstone’s personal account was banned. His final post predicted that he would be banned and de-platformed soon. That post was deemed “false and misleading” — and then he was banned and de-platformed!
Fast-forward to today. A clean slate and a glimmer of hope for the possibility of creating an account on Instagram — a “diverse, global community” committed to fostering a safe and supportive community for everyone to “bring the world closer together.” Sounds like an open and inviting platform for connection, right?
Everyone knows how to sign up for a social media site — with just an email, password, and username. Following the input of this information into the system, I received a message indicating that the account must go through an evaluation that should take no more than 24 hours. “Fine,” I thought. Perhaps this is something new they are implementing to keep their site free from hazardous bots? Perhaps my username is already taken?
Following the evaluation period, I attempted to log in again. Failed. This time, the message said: “Error: Your account has been disabled for violating our terms. Learn how you may be able to restore your account.” Clicking the “Learn More” tab wasn’t very helpful: we were not following their terms, which included “artificially collecting likes, followers or shares, posting repetitive content or repeatedly contacting people for commercial purposes without their consent.”
How is it possible to be in violation of Instagram’s terms and conditions without even being able to log into the platform? Being cited for criminal behavior without even being part of Instagram’s open and diverse echo chamber?
All this raises the question: what are they afraid of?
If it weren’t for you, the consumer, they would not have a successful business. If it weren’t for you, the questioning and discerning human, theirs would be the only viewpoint. The fact of the matter is, if it weren’t for discussion, dialogue, and those elements that truly make us human, Big Tech would be far more powerful than they are now.
At the CO2 Coalition, our group of 80+ researchers understands the importance of discussion and dialogue. With a roster of atmospheric physicists, ecologists, statisticians, climatologists, and energy experts, it is encouraged to look at climate from many points of view. It is what makes the scientific method the scientific method.
It appears that a free-thinking society is Instagram’s worst nightmare, and the CO2 Coalition just might be a perpetual thorn in the side of Big Tech. But more importantly, a support for those who have the courage to question and a need to discover the truth.
This commentary was first published at the American Thinker February 24, 2022.
The problem with CO2 Coalition is that it publishes much badly interpreted data and is intended to discount real climate science. The publications are primarily propaganda not real science. That is why it gets censored.
It’s exactly the opposite, Ken. The IPCC is doing the hyping and putting out the propaganda. Read “Unsettled” by Steve Koonin, a former Obama administration official, if you want evidence of that. The IPCC is a propaganda machine, in fact. It’s summaries are purely political and don’t even match the facts in their own in-depth reports.
More importantly, I would have hoped you’d be in favor of free speech and letting the public read, evaluate and decide for themselves, but apparently you approve of censorship to achieve right opinions. I also suggest you check the “About” page of the CO2 Coalition, which details the backgrounds of the numerous scientists involved.
I am with Mr Kemp on this.
BTW, “censorship” is often used pretty carelessly. The First Amendment states that the “government” shall not interfere. If private entities such as this blog site, newspapers, other media entities decide not to publish some stuff that’s perfectly fine.
Stan S.
Binghamton
Nonsense, Stan!
Big Tech IS the public square today. It has a cartel of monopolies operating under Section 230 which gives it protection from liability and the now clearly false proposition that Big Tech companies are not publishers but merely aggregators not responsible for what those on their systems say. They are, in fact, now taking orders from the Biden administration to implement cancel culture. You, means everyone else should be deathly afraid of this collusion and the power Big Tech now has.
Nonsense? The first amendment? Russia just shutting down the last public media entity.
Tom, you have become as unhinged as Mr.Putin.
Your comment speaks for itself, Stan.
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