Will Facebook suppress your speech after the election?

With Election Day coming up next week, social media giant Facebook is rolling out plans for potential censorship of viral materials. According to Market Watch, “Facebook executives have said they would only deploy the tools in dire circumstances, such as election-related violence, but that the company needs to be prepared for all possibilities…” This doesn’t sit well with conservatives, who have spoken out about social media’s censorship of free speech.

Facebook isn’t exactly known for being friendly to free speech. With a left-leaning Oversight Board and a previous history of censoring news that contradicts their agendas – despite claims to the contrary – it’s not a stretch to say they’ll extend their power further than the “dire circumstances” described. Within the past few years, Facebook and other left-leaning social media platforms have censored relevant posts from conservative pages such as the NY Post’s exposé of the Hunter Biden controversy, while leftist pages like Occupy Democrats are permitted to spread their messages of hatred towards Trump and his administration.

And it doesn’t stop there. Employees of Facebook were caught confessing their biases against conservatives, Trump, and more. The work culture at the company has been described as cult-like, with many employees admitting they’re afraid to speak up for fear of losing promotions. If the company environment is any indication, Facebook isn’t as interested in the truth as they are in enforcing the “Cancel America”, anti-free speech narrative, which doesn’t bode well for post-election conversation.

We can’t let Facebook win their war for censored speech. If we truly believe that “America is Good,” we need to stand up for America’s values of individual liberty and equality of opportunity. This means voting our values and supporting each other against Cancel America culture.