Facebook censors Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s post about men competing in women’s sports

Sen. Marsha Blackburn she refuses to be "silenced or threatened by Silicon Valley oligarchs."
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Social media large Fb has censored a put up shared by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., after she spoke out in opposition to organic males competing in girls’s sports activities.

“Organic males don't have any place in girls’s sports activities,” Blackburn wrote, linking to a donation web page that referred to as on conservatives to “battle again in opposition to Huge Tech censorship.”

The put up, which was shared to Blackburn’s private Fb web page that has practically 150,000 followers, was eliminated, in response to Fb, for violating “neighborhood requirements on hate speech.”

“Your put up didn’t observe our Group Requirements on hate speech,” Fb wrote in an alert to Blackburn. “Nobody else can see your put up.”

In a press release to Fox Information Digital concerning the censorship of the put up, Blackburn mentioned she refuses to be “silenced or threatened by Silicon Valley oligarchs.”

“Huge Tech and the Democrats are colluding to radically remodel America,” Blackburn mentioned. “They need to silence and censor conservatives for talking out in opposition to their woke agenda. It doesn't take a biologist to know the distinction between a person and a lady, and I cannot be silenced or threatened by Silicon Valley oligarchs. Organic males don't have any place in girls sports activities.”

The put up, which was shared to Blackburn’s private Fb web page that has practically 150,000 followers, was eliminated, in response to Fb.

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Blackburn, who garnered consideration in March after she requested future Supreme Court docket Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to “present a definition for the phrase girl,” has been a vocal supporter of defending feminine sports activities in America and has repeatedly spoken out in opposition to organic males competing in them.

In an effort to focus on the issues surrounding feminine sports activities permitting organic males to compete, Blackburn interviewed Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who tied with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for fifth place within the 200-yard freestyle NCAA swimming championships in April on the “Unmuted with Marsha” podcast.

Since taking workplace, Blackburn has opposed censorship in all types from Huge Tech firms like Fb and Twitter.

Blackburn wrote a letter in July to President Biden slamming his administration’s collaboration with Fb to rid the platform of COVID-19 vaccine “misinformation” and suggesting the work may violate the First Modification.

“These revelations are deeply regarding,” the Tennessee Republican wrote within the letter. “The blatant actions by your administration to work with Huge Tech firms to censor People’ free speech are surprising — and arguably a violation of the First Modification.”

Fox Information didn't obtain an instantaneous response from Fb.

Fox Information’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this text.