CensorTrack Database
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Facebook removes old meme, falsely claiming it promoted suicide: On Jan. 22, X user Uncle Milty’s Ghost responded to reports of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s free speech reforms, noting that he had…
TikTok blocks user from sending message, claiming “inappropriate content”: X user “y” shared a screenshot on Jan. 15 with the claim that TikTok had prevented her from posting the comment. The comment…
X algorithm catches a harmless phrase as "violent speech": An X user shared a screenshot of his censorship notice. He made the innocent comment, "pat your head and rub your stomach to enter debug…
YouTube removes video of a machine gun: The X account for the Military Arms Channel posted about a video that YouTube removed from its channel. The video was titled "CZ Bren 805 Rifle."…
YouTube deletes firearm review video: According to the X account for Mrgunsngear, YouTube removed one of its videos reviewing a Smith & Wesson M&P 10 Sport Optics Ready 308 rifle. The…
X locks user account after it misunderstood meaning of post: An X user responded to another user in an attempt to compliment the person. "@Juliet_InKline no you SHOULD BE PROUD gas yourself up," the…
X Community Notes targets critique of anti-gun laws in Germany: On Dec. 21, podcaster Ian Miles Cheong posted a video clip of a person learning self-defense using a towel and commented, “In Germany,…
YouTube removes gun video four years after posting: Popular firearms account Mrgunsngear posted on X Dec. 20, “A video that’s been on the channel since 2020 now (this morning) magically violates…
The Mark Zuckerberg-owned social media platform targeted Smith & Wesson, a firearms manufacturer in business since 1852, abruptly suspending its page just days before Thanksgiving and Black…
TikTok removes benign comment for unknown reason: An X user shared a screenshot of his TikTok censorship notice. The user had left a comment on TikTok that read "my wife eats blooming onions from…
Facebook censors blog about Irish national hero: Daniel Salgado posted a link Nov. 10 to an article from the Substack Pro Deo et Libertate titled, “Padraig Pearse, Irish Freedom Fighter.” The blog…
X censors user for posting a figure of speech: X user @JoeBlamesBiden replied to an article suggesting VP Kamala Harris should take over as president by sharing a screenshot of a censorship notice…
Facebook deletes content and restricts page for sharing link to gun video: Mrgunsngear posted on X Oct. 31, “I shared a Youtube Shorts video on my FB page where I discuss the Serbian M83 revolver and…
X censors user over colloquial phrase: X (formerly Twitter) user @schuy_high or schuyler posted on August 27, “back out of twitter jail, f[*]ck you 3l0n.” The post included a screenshot showing…
Photo of Trump's assassination attempt marked as "false information": A Facebook user changed her cover photo to the now-famous image of Donald Trump following an attempted assassination at a…
X (formerly Twitter) censors user for a common figure of speech: An X user shared a screenshot of her censorship notice. The user had responded to another post, saying "Ok shoot yourself in the foot…
Instagram reportedly suppressed paralympic shooter account: Instagram notified McKenna Geer, a competitive rifle shooter on Team U.S. A. for the Paralympics, that it would no longer recommend her…
X censors post summarizing leftist's interview but not the video the post summarized: A video of an interview with a crossbow-wielding leftist at the "March on the RNC" led to another user being…
X censors user for opinion about some shoes: An X account known as "Mark Anthony Cameron" posted "They'll slice your inner ankles to ribbons... unless you walk like John Wayne. Cross your…