Facebook declares picture of lilac tree "pornographic."
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On Thursday, a conservative Facebook user who wished to be identified only as "Carol" told Examiner.com that Facebook declared a picture of a lilac tree to be pornographic after a liberal "troll" complained. Additionally, she said Facebook also called a picture of her granddaughter opening Christmas presents pornographic after complaints from "trolls" who wished to silence her.
Those, she said, were just two of the "stupid" items Facebook took down because of false reports. A picture of Glenn Beck, a friend's dog, and a picture of another friend fishing were also falsely deemed to be pornography after being reported.
This happened, she added, at about the same time Facebook blocked her for 30 days. It all happened, she said, because she accepted a friend request. She "unfriended" the person and was asked to enter a "Security" code. She was then slapped with a 30-day ban from using most of Facebook's features.
This is just one of the many stories we have received from Facebook users in the last few days. While participating in an online "Q&A" with Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Thursday, one user told Kelly that Facebook would not allow her to add new members to her group. Another person asked why Facebook is removing people based on false reports with no follow-up to see if the reports are real. Kelly did not respond.
In another incident, Facebook blocked the administrators of one page based on posts that wereforged. The forgeries were reported to the FBI and Facebook was notified, but took no action to mitigate the punishments. An administrator of a pro-Sarah Palin page told Examiner that Facebook locks her out as many as 10 to 12 times per day. This, she added, started about three days ago.
This isn't the first time Facebook has gone "ban-happy." As we have reported in the past, users have been slapped for saying "thank you" and clicking "like," even though a court ruled that doing so is Constitutionally-protected free speech.
While Facebook called Carol's lilac tree "pornography," it has said that a page calling for the murder of a Texas Tech cheerleader who hunts big game does not violate its standards. It also shut down James O'Keefe's page for a time after he posted a voter fraud expose.
Facebook has claimed in the past that it supports free speech. The conservatives we have spoken to over the last several years, however, say otherwise.
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