Satire
Facebook suspends user over joke meme: Facebook finds no humor in jokes or satire, as it once again demonstrated. A Twitter user tweeted screenshots showing a censorship notice for a humorous meme.…
Twitter censors satirical video recorded by a black conservative making fun of Black Lives Matter: Damani Bryant Felder, a conservative personality on social media, recorded a satirical video…
User claims Facebook banned him for 30 days for a Muslim meme: A Twitter user complained that Facebook banned him for 30 days. He shared a screenshot showing that Facebook claimed a meme he shared…
Facebook deletes another Babylon Bee post, claiming it could lead to "physical harm": In yet another stunning case proving that Facebook has absolutely no sense of humor, they have once again deleted…
Twitter censors user's tweet about the BBC: A Twitter user shared a meme that said: "Is that true? Or did you hear it on the BBC?" The meme was censored with a sensitive content filter.…
Instagram deletes post from Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, threatens to delete his account: Seth Dillon, the CEO of the Christian satirical news site The Babylon Bee received a notice from…
Facebook restricts retired Vanderbilt professor from live streaming the day before she planned to do so for a virtual event: Dr. Carol Swain, a retired Vanderbilt professor of political science…
Cartoon is one of many flagged by Facebook's fact-checkers for the most arbitrary reason: Several memes, including a cartoon by Pat Cross of The College Fix, highlighting the…
Twitter suspends a parody account for satirical headline: A Twitter parody account of The Guardian known as The Grauniad was suspended for one of its headlines. The head line read: "Opinion | I can…
Lacking all sense of humor, Facebook fact checks joke meme: A joke meme that started circulating after inauguration day got fact checked by Facebook. The meme looks like an official letter from…
Facebook removes Monty Python inspired Babylon Bee article, Demonetizes its page: The Babylon Bee took inspiration from Monty Python when it produced an article titled: "Senator Hirono Demands…
The Babylon Bee, a conservative satirical news site, received a "fact check" by USA Today on one of its blogs. The blog wrote that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled…
This user had a meme depicting a box of puppies that said, "The Box of Antidepressants I ordered Online Arrived" fact-checked for false information. The user reported that "the fact checkers found IN…
This Alyssa Milano parody account was suspended from Twitter. Action was reportedly taken as a result of the user's #Bidentherapist hashtag. The user's account is still currently suspended. …
Third-party fact-checkers have the ability to cause pages on Facebook to be suppressed. These fact-checkers, who are paid by Facebook, are putting efforts into fact-checking satire and cartoons.…
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