Monday, April 02, 2018

This is the latest Church and State article by one of our 13 authors that Facebook has blocked because the transhumanist piece "looks like spam" to them

Our Church and State website has no less than 40 Nobel Prize winners on it; for details, see this blog's sidebar under "Church and State" (updated today).

Re: Blocks on public access to our Church and State website since 26 July 2016

From my Facebook post's Update 2 April (12.21pm):

"And it's not just Facebook blocks, blocks on public access to our Church and State website, and the daily targeting to fluctuating degrees of category pages throughout the site. Since 26 May 2017, we have been recording Internet cuts to boot; see my blog post of 21 June 2017, Internet cuts: We pay £65 per month for BT Infinity but feel we are in a race against time to stay online (WITH UPDATE 2/4/2018 RE: 183rd Internet cut since 26 May 2017). Perhaps of particular importance in all this is the fact that in November 2017 Church and State topped more than 3 million hits over the previous eleven months and despite the even then far from level playing field."

2 April (12.36pm): 1,121 blocks on public access to our Church and State website since 26 July 2016 (89 blocks 2016; 871 blocks 2017; 161 blocks 2018). See my blog post of 16 January 2017, The blocks on public access to our Church and State website continue unabated (WITH UPDATE 2/4/2018 RE: 1,121st block since 26 July 2016). 183 blocks in the last three months of 2017 that included 7 blocks on 19 October; 59 blocks last month; 16 blocks last week; 2 blocks this week; 1 block so far today.

1. 810th 19 October 2017, 6.40am
2. 811th 19 October 2017, 12.14pm
3. 812th 19 October 2017, 2.03pm
4. 813th 19 October 2017, 5.13pm
5. 814th 19 October 2017, 7.18pm
6. 815th 19 October 2017, 8.22pm
7. 816th 19 October 2017, 10.54pm (7)
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290. 1,099th 24 March 2018, 5.46am
291. 1,100th 24 March 2018, 7.15am
292. 1,101st 24 March 2018, 5.26pm
293. 1,102nd 24 March 2018, 8.15pm
294. 1,103rd 24 March 2018, 9.30pm (5)*
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So far this week:
311. 1,120th 1 April 2018, 11.28pm (1)
312. 1,121st 2 April 2018, 11.03am (1) (so far today)

October 2017: 57 blocks
November 2017: 52 blocks
December 2017: 74 blocks
January 2018: 55 blocks
February 2018: 45 blocks
March 2018: 59 blocks
April 2018: 2 blocks (ongoing)

* This 1,103rd block occurred before Facebook's 35th block against Church and State since 1 December 2015; see my blog post of 7 December 2017, Fighting for survival in London: Facebook's 26th block against our Church and State website since 1 December 2015. Last month Church and State topped more than 3 million hits over the past year (WITH UPDATE 1/4/2018 RE: Block 35 DAY 9).

See The War on Free Expression by our honorary associate Flemming Rose (of Danish Cartoon Crisis fame), who is also one of our 13 authors.

Last night Facebook spammed yet another article from our Church and State website. And this, after a massive escalation of their blocks against Church and State last month (29 out of 31 days); see my blog post of 7 December 2017, Fighting for survival in London: Facebook's 26th block against our Church and State website since 1 December 2015. Last month Church and State topped more than 3 million hits over the past year (WITH UPDATE 1/4/2018 RE: Block 35 DAY 9). The article Facebook has spammed this time is titled "Death Should Be Optional", by John Messerly. Dr Messerly is one of our 13 authors. He received his PhD in philosophy in 1992. He has taught at St. Louis University and The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently an Affiliated member of the Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity Group localised at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium, and an Affiliate Scholar of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Yesterday I let Facebook know that this superb transhumanist article is not spam, but this afternoon I am still confronted with this block:


http://churchandstate.org.uk/2018/03/death-should-be-optional/

We're well used to this sort of behaviour from Facebook. In addition to others mentioned in this blog, they have now targeted four of our authors in this way, including Paul Cliteur, a professor of Jurisprudence at Leiden University and one of the Netherlands' leading public intellectuals. They have even spammed book excerpts from two of our authors; see my blog post of 30 January, Will Facebook spam every single excerpt from Mark Tier's When God Speaks for Himself? Today I am going to publish three excerpts from the award-winning author's book (WITH UPDATE - DAY 7 4/2/2018). Mark Tier, who recently agreed to be named on our Authors list, is an award-winning author and investor based in Hong Kong. This is how Facebook dealt with text from his fascinating book on the Bible earlier this year:


http://churchandstate.org.uk/2018/01/the-words-of-god-youll-never-hear-in-church-or-sunday-school/

Update Summation 4 February 2018 (DAY 7)

The above excerpt spammed by Facebook on 29 January;
Restriction appealed by me on 29 January;
Restriction lifted by Facebook on 29 January;
Spammed by Facebook on 30 January as soon as I try again;
Restriction lifted by Facebook on 30 January;
Spammed by Facebook on 31 January as soon as I try again;
Restriction lifted by Facebook on 31 January;
Spammed by Facebook on 1 February as soon as I try again;
Restriction lifted by Facebook on 1 February;
Temporary block maintained by Facebook: 1-2 February;
Spammed by Facebook on 3 February as soon as I try again;
Restriction appealed by me on 3 February;
Restriction lifted by Facebook on 3 February;
Spammed by Facebook on 4 February as soon as I try again;
Restriction appealed by me on 4 February;
Restriction lifted by Facebook on 4 February.

Additional excerpts:
- 3 excerpts on 30 January: Temporary block on 1-2 February;
- 3 excerpts on 31 January: Temporary block on 1-2 February;
- 1 excerpt on 1 February: Temporary block on 1-2 February;
- 2 excerpts on 2 February: Temporary block on 2 February;
- 2 excerpts on 3 February: Spammed on 3 February.

Total number of excerpts from this book that I was blocked from posting to atheist groups on or before 4 February: 12



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