Facebook finally responds on censoring hot Bible verse
Bob
Unruh
Facebook claims that censoring a
Bible verse from a Christian writer’s page was a mistake, and it has since
apologized.
But to whom?
WND
reported Monday Facebook deleted a Bible verse, Leviticus 18:22,
that Severo
had posted.
That’s the one in which God instructs, “Do
not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.”
Some translations use the word
“abomination.”
The verse is a favorite target for
actor Ian McKellen, who has admitted
that when he stays in hotels and motels, he takes out the Bibles from
nightstands and “rips out pages that contain a certain passage from Leviticus.”
Facebook had sent a message to Severo that
said: “We Removed Something You Posted. It looks like something you posted
doesn’t follow our Community Standards. We remove posts that attack people
based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual
orientation, gender or disability. Levítico 18.22: Não de deitarás com homem,
como se fosse mulher; abominação é.”
WND’s initial request to Facebook for
comment brought only an automated response.
Days later, Severo’s page again was
active, and a Facebook statement to WND, released on condition that it be
considered “on background,” said the post “was mistakenly removed by a
member of our review team after we received reports that content in the post
violated our Community Standards.”
“As soon as we were notified of the
problem, we began to investigate and restored the content as soon as we were
able to identify the mistake,” Facebook said. “The content has been restored
since it didn’t violate our standards. We’ve informed Mr. Severo of the
restoration and apologized for the error.”
But Severo told WND there was no apology.
And he said there’s a longtime pattern of Facebook attacking him.
He said he was put on a 30-day suspension
on Jan. 28.
It was while he was on suspension that the
Bible verse issue arose.
And last summer, Facebook gave him another
30-day suspension for posting an article about homosexuality in Brazil.
At that time the company also
admitted the suspension was a mistake but still left it in
place, Severo said.
The linked article reported neighbors were
fined $4,500 for calling a homosexual a name, but Severo said his posting “made
it abundantly clear that I oppose name-calling and foul language.”
The company appears to be targeting
Christians, Severo said, noting “pictures of the communist criminal Che
Guevara, who murdered people, including gay men, remain unshakingly throughout
Facebook’s social network, as if his filthy image did not deserve banishment
for his crimes.”
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Portuguese version of this article: Facebook
finalmente responde sobre sua censura a versículo picante da Bíblia
Source:
WND
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