Important Takeaways:
- Facebook appears to have banned the accounts of multiple journalists just a few weeks ahead of Election Day.
- These are just the latest in a recent streak of prominent account bans, particularly of conservatives and conservative-leaning organizations, that have taken place on Facebook just before the 2024 election, an incredibly tight race.
- IJR Managing Editor Madison Summers was locked out of her account roughly three weeks ago without explanation or warning.
- Summers has tried everything — contacting Facebook support, changing her password, etc. — to get her Facebook account back, but nothing has worked.
- Eventually, she attempted to make a new account with the same email and received the following notification from the social media site:
- “Your account was disabled … If you think your account was disabled by mistake you can submit more information via the Help Center for up to 30 days after your account was disabled. After that, your account will be permanently disabled and you will no longer be able to request a review.”
- That is the very same message The Western Journal owner Patrick Brown and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn received when their accounts were also disabled without warning in recent days (though Brown’s account was later restored the same day).
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