The Case Versus Social Network
“Provide everybody the power to share anything with anybody?”
Ends up … not so much.
by Samuel Di Gangi
It’s common for those who write expertly to avoid utilizing words such as “I” and “you” when crafting a work. However, in this circumstances, it appears fitting. Many of “you,” fellow journalists, editors, graphic designers, and others have had your lives uprooted, and, in some cases, entirely destroyed by the unjustified actions of YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and others for doing nothing more than pointing out realities, providing provable opinions about the state of the world, and for refusing to spit up the leftist lies which are passed off as truths in the mainstream media. These are no little attacks on those who informed the truth and made a living doing so. Roughly 500 websites (800 pages) were taken down/hidden on Facebook alone in just a one month period in 2017, so envision how numerous tasks have actually been impacted overall throughout all social media during the past number of years.
What if there was a method to fight back? What if, rather than simply licking our wounds and restoring, we lawfully fought back? That is to state, what if all those who suffered damages due to social media political predisposition chose to come together to file an enormous class action lawsuit?
This is a require that to occur.
Didn’t the business that utilized so numerous of us shell out untold amounts in marketing dollars to the numerous social media giants, only for them to re-neg on the offers? None of the plaintiffs in this suit could be thought about guilty of violating any journalistic requirements, they’re just guilty of revealing the “incorrect” political viewpoints. and choosing to exercise their First Change rights. According to law, it’s usually illegal for a company to have a various set of guidelines for one group than for another, even if the company is privately owned. Because social networks platforms are now thought about to be a sort of digital public square … everyone ought to be complimentary to speak and reveal their opinions within the context of the accepted standards of the business, without worry of retaliation based on political affiliation. For that benefit, social networks was more than prepared to hold out their hands to take marketing dollars, even though they saw those companies as politically inaccurate. Livelihoods were built on the presumption that despite what side of the political island you’re on, a service offer is an organisation offer, and paying to play means you’re entitled to get the media direct exposure you’re paying for, no matter what the media business thinks about your individual views on anything.
To comprehend more fully the disastrous effect that biased social networks business have on the lives of those they target, enable me, the author, to share my experience of what occurred to me. A story from a person who’s actually been on the getting end of the wrath of Zuckerberg. If you, the reader, ought to choose that your story is similar (or worse) than mine, then possibly think about that it might be time to move forward with the concept of taking social networks business to court.
I was a full-time author living a comfortable middle class way of life by writing five days a week. I would turn in between 10 to 11 stories on the majority of days to a company that not only paid decently, however which provided development prospective and generous rewards paid regularly. From January 2016 to April of 2017, my paycheck was dependable, and our readership numbers were skyrocketing. No one was getting abundant, but partners might be required to dinner, snowboarding trips could take place, and no one was in risk of getting the gas turned off.
Then in April 2017, the staff was informed that our post count was going to be cut in half! It occurred overnight, without caution, and our pay reduced by 50%. For some writers who were more recent, there was no work at all.
By that time, life had actually provided a number of painful hurdles, and I was living alone. Composing had actually still been covering all of the costs, though things were tighter. With this move, however, the slide down the slippery slope started. Prior to I knew it, rent was behind, bills were accumulating, and food was whatever the Dollar Shop had.
Why did it occur? Had I provided subpar work, had I required someone to be harmed, had I utilized vulgarity, or published pornography videos in my stories? No, of course not. I had just done things like express my views as a libertarian, showed evidence of the dangers of nuclear power plants, exposed the lies and predisposition versus President Donald Trump, and reported on the news. I was (and still am) a truthful guy, making an honest living, and doing truthful work … absolutely nothing more.
Once Facebook altered the algorithm to use a different set of rules upon smaller conservative sites than on the liberal powerhouses which might push their leftist agenda, I reverted back to my roots and began DJ’ing again. So now, it was late nights at a club, composing in the afternoon, and constantly looking for other clubs where I could get an additional gig or 2. If I had actually not had connections to certain clubs which helped me out, I shudder to think what would have happened. Numerous others in my exact same circumstance were not as lucky, I guarantee you.
Then, in October of 2017, the big hammer fell. Facebook ratcheted up the shadow-banning, and in addition to other unfair (and rather likely prohibited) moves, they handled to take all however a drip of traffic far from our page which they themselves had sold us. At that point, I was only working two days a week, which later on increased to three, but this still barely offered enough to survive on. Emergency funds, which were carefully saved in brighter times, reduced faster than Nancy Pelosi could state “resist”, and I now had no chance to spend for the majority of life’s requirements.
While the rebuilding of life is often a part of life, do not we reside in a nation where intentionally breaching a company agreement (particularly for politically-motivated factors) is prohibited? This wasn’t something that anyone affected caused or did to themselves, however instead, this was something done to innocent parties for no legitimate reason. Overnight, roughly 20 individuals who did absolutely nothing wrong lost good paying jobs … and that was simply at my company alone. Their jobs were taken from them, like a burglar in the night.
This is a call to fight back! Does this story seem like something you’ve endured? If so, does not it look like if there ever was a case for a class-action lawsuit … this is it? This wasn’t an act of God that robbed us of our livelihoods. There was no tidal bore, no earthquake, no forest fire. This was done to us actively, vindictively, and without legal merit.
I freely confess that I understand really little about how to go about doing what I’m proposing need to be done … bringing the social networks giants to the courtroom in hopes of receiving compensation for damages brought on by their political biases, and perhaps even getting a little justice served in the end. However I know that there are much smarter minds out there reading this who understand exactly what to do, and might be ready and able to help. If so, please contact me, Sam Di Gangi, at thecorrectviews@hotmail.com , or if you’re a victim and have actually had your life turned upside down because of the unfair practices of social networks companies, let me speak with you. If enough of you do so, perhaps we can organize and make something take place.
In closing, keep in mind that while this is about attaining justice for those who have been greatly harmed by political bias in social networks, it’s likewise about something bigger. Legal action versus business like Facebook, Twitter, & & YouTube is a bold (and for them, a costly) move that, if effective, would assist to guarantee that such unjust discrimination will never everonce again take place in American social media.
I say that it has to do with time for the big social media business to come clean, and start answering for their unlawful and unethical discriminatory practices.
So … who’s in?
Samuel Earl Di Gangi is a writer, political analyst, graphic artist, DJ, and musician with a strong pro-Libertarian & & pro-Christian lean. He is the manager of “The Correct Views”, or “TCV”, which is a member show of the newsgroup “The Media Speaks”.
You can get in touch with Sam directly at thecorrectviews@hotmail.com.
