Facebook insists that they don’t have any bias.
They promise they aren’t attacking conservatives.
They are lying.
But the real truth of it is that it’s often difficult to prove, and they know it. There are so many factors that impact reach and engagement that it’s often difficult to establish systematic attacks on conservative content, because it’s easy for the platforms to pass it off as a fluke.
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Yet conservative and pro-police websites across the country are seeing a drastic increase in censorship… not surprisingly as we get closer to the 2020 elections.
Why? Because President Trump won in 2016, and they don’t want to allow a repeat of that.
Take a look at this, for example. Law Enforcement Today (LET) is one of the largest online homes for law enforcement and supporters in the world. And on Monday, we made the “mistake” of posting an article about an illegal immigrant who was running a drug ring out of an American jail cell.
For LET, reaching 50,000 people with a post on it’s Facebook page would be a low number. Yet after four hours, despite having been shared by LET into 18 of the largest law enforcement groups on Facebook, the post had only “reached” 5 people and had zero engagement.
Facebook quite literally hid the post.
It’s par for the course with Facebook. Whenever there’s an article calling out topics surrounding illegal immigration, Facebook buries it. It’s time we start asking “why”. What’s the agenda? Facebook sure denies it.

It’s not the first time. Three weeks ago, Facebook cut the reach of LET by more than 90% for a week after an article was published about turning attacks on police officers into federal crimes.
The legislation is called the Back the Blue Act and when LET posted the article in partnership with UCops and the Portland Police Association, Facebook crushed them.
Immediately following it… the shadow banning began. Facebook cut the reach of the group – which has more than 750,000 followers – by as much as 90%.

Carl Higbie is no stranger to it. As a matter of fact, on Tuesday morning, Facebook flat out told him they were going to significantly cut his reach. They blamed it on “clickbait” content.

Was the content that violated policy misleading? Not at all. It was conservative.

In the past, I’ve written about how I’ve been put in “Facebook jail” for pro-police content and for conservative posts.
Countless cops and other writers, including those who contribute to Law Enforcement Today, have also inexplicably found themselves in trouble with the social media giant for inexplicable “violations” of Facebook’s terms.
Here’s another example for you.
Recently we dropped a video on Law Enforcement Today’s Facebook page about how law enforcement officers are being blocked from doing their jobs when they try to arrest illegal immigrants who run into churches and cry “sanctuary.”
The video quickly picked up speed:
Hour 1: 8,000 views
Hour 2: 18,000 views
Hour 3: 30,000 views
Hour 4: 45,000 views
And then … it stopped.
This video was booming … until it clearly caught the eye of someone at Facebook, who then KILLED it.

So we figured we’d get creative. We turned the video into an article, linked the video to the article on the website, and then put a Facebook advertising budget behind it to serve the video up to more people.
That’s when the Facebook gods struck again.

All of a sudden, people couldn’t share the video. At all.
Not only that, but Facebook started telling anyone that tried to click from Facebook to read the article that Law Enforcement Today was “malicious.”

For the record, Law Enforcement Today is a website for police and supporters run by active police officers.
The audience responded quickly … noting that Facebook was censoring the content.

We figured we could clear up the misunderstanding pretty quickly.
After all, my agency spent more than $12 million last year on Facebook and Instagram advertising … so a quick email should do the trick, right? Wrong.

Apparently we had violated their “policy.”
But the thing is … we didn’t.
So I questioned further. Facebook’s response? Too bad.

We run the marketing and social media for dozens of clients. We’ve posted hundreds of articles. We’ve uploaded thousands of videos. We’ve spent millions of dollars on Facebook.
And what’s the content that gets us flagged or banned EVERY SINGLE TIME?
Conservative content. Anything that goes against the liberal agenda of removing guns, God, laws, and sanity from our country. Content in support of those who hold the Thin Blue Line.
Every single time.
And the sad truth of it? We keep feeding the beast. Because Facebook is totally and completely intertwined in our lives. In our schools. In our churches. In our businesses.
It’s how we communicate with our friends. Our neighbors. Our customers. Our clients.
It’s tied with how we buy. How we sell. How we keep up to date on the news. On family.
And you can keep doing just that.
As long as you don’t speak out of turn.
It might feel like 2020 is right around the corner … but it sure is looking more like 1984.
How They’re Getting Away With It
I’ve watched as partners of ours—both media companies and ecommerce companies—have seen their organic reach DECIMATED. I could go on and on with specific examples. But instead … I’d rather focus on the solution.
It’s tucked away in the Communications Decency Act, which was passed in 1996.
And I’m going to preface this by saying that, as a hardcore capitalist and conservative business owner, it sickens me that I believe we need to consider changing laws and target the free market to protect democracy … but I no longer see a choice.
Section 230 of that act says that “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider” (47 U.S.C. § 230).
What that means is that platforms that either host or republish speech are protected. If you post on Facebook that you’re going to shoot up a school … and then you do it … Facebook can’t be held responsible or even negligent—even if people reported it.
The idea behind these provisions was to protect freedom of expression and innovation. It’s ironic, of course, because the original legislation was crafted to restrict free speech on the Internet. But the anti-free speech provisions were struck down by the Supreme Court, and CDA 230 remains.
It’s exactly what has allowed Facebook, Instagram, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter to censor conservatives. Not only are they not regulated … but there are regulations specifically in place that ALLOW them to discriminate. Keep in mind, political perspectives aren’t a protected class … and so it’s not considered “discrimination.”
But there’s a catch – a big catch. When Facebook decided to start determining what content they’d throttle, they overstepped… and have essentially violated section 230 of the act. They are now controlling the content that others are posting on social media, therefore they can and should be held liable.
This is the greatest existential threat we face to American democracy. Think about it for a second. We consume the vast majority of news and content through social media, Google, Apple products, etc. When you’re force fed one political ideology … when conservative politicians and companies and thought leaders can’t communicate with you on a level platform … then we face a grave threat. Politicians and the media are flipping out about some money Russia spent on Facebook ads while ignoring the fact that nobody is regulating the social media giants, which are controlling all of the content that enters your home.
The ONLY way we can face this threat and save our democracy is through amending Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act and beginning to regulate these giants as municipalities. And we need to get that message out there before we no longer have a chance.
It’s not just Facebook though – it’s big tech in general. It’s gotten so bad that the founder of Law Enforcement Today decided to publish a rare letter with a warning about what’s happening… and what’s being done to address it. I’ll leave you with his words.
I’ve shared this before… and I’ll share this again – a letter from the founder of Law Enforcement Today on what you need to know… and how LET is fighting back.
Dear America:
When I founded Law Enforcement Today, I did it during a time where freedom of speech still existed.
A time when the ability to market and advertise your company wasn’t infringed by bigger companies that control the media space and decide who does and doesn’t get a voice based on their own political perspectives.
Sadly, that time has come to an end. Which is why our family at Law Enforcement Today has no choice but to step forward to fill that void and begin advocating for people and companies that are being actively silenced.
We’ve received word from some of our partners in the firearms and tactical industry that Google is actively shutting down advertising accounts of companies in the firearms accessories and tactical space.
Let’s be clear – we’re not talking about companies selling guns.
One such company, for example, is Inforce. They make weapon mounted lights that are used by departments like the FBI, NYPD, LAPD, Boston PD, CBP and others. Widely recognized as being both an LE and a consumer brand that helps make people safer… they are now shut down by Google.
They are a company spending six figures on advertising their products to consumers on the search engine, and now they’ve been shut down.
Here’s the message they received:
“Google, despite our ads having run without issue, now insists that weapon-mounted lights do not fall into the “increasing safety” clause of their violent content policy, therefore they cannot approve our ads. This is regardless of the ad copy wording because the landing page contains policy-violating content (the weapon-mounted light products). Google is having to crack down on what qualifies as a ‘safety-enhancing’ accessory as a result of the backlash they have received following recent shootings in the US.”
Bing, another search engine, also shut down the ad account because the flashlights have “a line related to weapons.”
Please understand that we’re using Inforce as just one example of our many partners who have come to us about this attack in the recent weeks since the Dayton and San Antonio shootings.
Inforce, like many other partners of ours, moved to Google advertising after their ad account was shut down on Facebook and Instagram. Although the platforms explicitly allow for the “advertising of weapon-mounted lights”, they still shut down the ad accounts as they move to remove all firearms and tactical related advertising from their platforms.
Think about this for a minute. Where do you do your searching for products and brands? If you’re like most Americans, it’s Google, Facebook and Instagram.
When the three biggest platforms decide it’s time to attack the industry and the Second Amendment, it has the potential to be catastrophic. It’s, in effect, gun control through censorship. And it’s an attack that’s going to continue to spread.
We at Law Enforcement Today want to make our stance very clear.
We strongly and firmly stand behind the Second Amendment, companies that keep civilians and law enforcement officers safe through products and innovation, and the men and women who serve and protect our communities and our country.
We are launching a new series of options to help our partners and other patriotic businesses to be able to connect with consumers. While we can’t replace Google, Bing or Facebook – we sure can provide options to ensure that these companies and our brothers and sisters have a voice.
We welcome with open arms companies in the firearms and tactical industries and are proud to offer them options to get their products to market. We’re also proud to stand beside organizations like NSSF, which runs SHOT Show, along with the Anteris Alliance, to make sure that the companies they represent have a massive voice.
Now to the consumer side of things.
We started noticing the problems a couple of years ago. Social media was scaling back the reach of content that it didn’t believe people should see.
Not that there was anything offensive about it. We’re talking about pro-police videos, stories about patriotic Americans and more.
And from our perspective, that created a huge problem. We have some of the greatest warriors in the world. Yet their voices and their stories were being buried.
The mainstream media, on the rare occasion that it would tell some of these stories, would give you only a piece of them. They’d cram as much as they could into a 90 second segment, slap their bias on it and that was it.
We needed to fix it. And so we are.
Law Enforcement Today (LET) is proud to announce the beta launch of LET Unity – a new home focused on bridging the gap between civilians and civil servants. We’ve merged with The Whiskey Patriots to massively expand content, rolling out hundreds of videos to members.
Many of those in our focus groups dubbed it the “Netflix of the law enforcement community”. But the truth is, it’s so much more.
The first officer in the door at the Pulse nightclub shooting.
Emergency responders from the Parkland shooting.
The bomb squad that responded to the Aurora movie theater massacre.
Survivors of the Dallas five killings.
The first Marine Guard hostage in the Iran crisis.
The CIA agent who started a counter human trafficking company.
SWAT teams.
Sniper schools.
World War II veterans.
And so, so much more.
The membership is less than the cost of two coffees a month, and those who sign up for an annual membership will get some surprise bonuses in the mail. We decided to charge a nominal fee so we could take all of the proceeds and reinvest them into capturing more of these stories.
On top of that, we’re opening up the platform to some well-known podcasters who are going to be joining the team with some incredible content soon.
We have a problem in society. Censorship has created an existential threat to democracy. But even worse is the risk we run that some of these incredible stories of patriotism, hope, faith and our Sheepdogs would be lost.
We’ll soon be launching a series of content with Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) to share the stories of survivors. We will also be dropping a weekly law enforcement focused newscast that addresses some of the most important topics in the country… and helps bridge the gap between those who serve and those whom they serve.
On top of that, we’ll soon be rolling out a series of private discounts and special promotions to members only as a “thank you” for being a part of the family.
The beta platform is live and the apps for Apple, Android, Apple TV and Roku will be launching soon.
We hope you’ll join us in this journey, knowing that your membership is going to give a voice to those who have been silenced for so long.
If you are one of the many companies out there that’s being censored – or you’re worried about what’s to come – don’t hesitate to reach out today. I can be reached at [email protected].
We will not be silenced. You shouldn’t be either.
God bless you all, and God bless America.
Sincerely,
Captain Robert Greenberg
Founder, Law Enforcement Today
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Kyle Reyes is the National Spokesman for Law Enforcement Today and the CEO of The Silent Partner Marketing. He can be found on Facebook and LinkedIn. You can follow Law Enforcement Today on Facebook.
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