Behind the Mask of Facebook

A Whistleblower's Shocking Story of Big Tech Bias and Censorship

Ryan Hartwig, Kent Heckenlively

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781510767959
• Topic: Política y relaciones internacionales
• Subtopic: Ética empresarial

Ryan Hartwig may be one of the most important figures in American history. Hired by Cognizant as a content moderator for Facebook, Ryan Hartwig began by keeping gruesome images of cartel violence in Mexico off the platform. This seemed like a righteous mission and yet, as time went by, it became clear the Facebook bosses saw an even bigger threat, Americans of a different political viewpoint. Ryan watched in horror as Facebook made a monumental shift after the 2016 elections, hiring thousands of US-based content moderators with one mission, to favor leftist viewpoints while suppressing the speech of conservatives. Ryan describes more than forty examples of such behavior, and it will radically rewrite your understanding of the past four years as you learn how the news regarding prominent individuals like Greta Thunberg, Alyssa Milano, and Don Lemon was censored to remove legitimate criticism of them. Viral videos of Trump supporters being attacked were removed from the platform, and moderators were told to look for signs of hate speech in Trumps' State of the Union addresses, while at the same time allowing vicious attacks against police, pro-lifers, and straight white males. As America's de-facto town square, Facebook was systematically suppressing free speech, which has traditionally been our country's greatest weapon to combat extremism from either side. Ryan knew he had to take action, and contacted Project Veritas, eventually filming many of these actions with a hidden camera for the world to see. We need to stand up against tech tyranny and corporations that attempt to control our conversations, our news, and our political narratives. Reading Behind the Mask of Facebook: A Whistleblower's Shocking Story of Big Tech Bias and Censorship? is the first step to learning how to confront and defeat this tyranny.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Prologue: An Unusual Job Interview
• Chapter One: Getting the Job and Leaving the Nest
• Chapter Two: Finding My Groove as a Content Moderator
• Chapter Three: A Day in the Life of a Content Moderator
• Chapter Four: A Tale of Two Whistleblowers
• Chapter Five: Greta Thunberg—The Press Can Call Her Joan of Arc, but You Can’t Criticize Her
• Chapter Six: From Canada to Colombia, Facebook’s Interference in Global Elections
• Chapter Seven: Can You Love Your Country without Being a Racist?
• Chapter Eight: Orange Man Bad: Facebook’s Guidance to Content Moderators about Trump Statements
• Chapter Nine: Trumphumpers and Feminazis: Facebook’s Slanted Approach to Bullying
• Chapter Ten: Facebook in Black and White
• Chapter Eleven: Facebook’s Treatment of Antifa, Police Officers, and Drug Cartels
• Photo Insert
• Chapter Twelve: Kaitlin Bennett, the AR-15 Girl
• Chapter Thirteen: Newsworthy Exceptions: How Facebook Gives Exceptions to Its Policies, Including Hate Speech, When It Suits Them
• Chapter Fourteen: How Facebook Deals with Abortion and the Pro-Choice Movement
• Chapter Fifteen: Civil War and Boogaloo: What Facebook “Puts in Place” to Prevent Harm
• Chapter Sixteen: The Fire Brigade: How Facebook Prevents Public Relations Disasters and Shields Accounts from Deletion
• Chapter Seventeen: The Future of Censorship: Section 230 and the Communication Decency Act
• Chapter Eighteen: The Civic Audit of Facebook by John Kyl and Covington Law
• Chapter Nineteen: Human Resources from Hell: Punishment for Exercising My First-Amendment Rights
• Chapter Twenty: Preparing for the Main Event
• Chapter Twenty-One: Project Veritas Goes Live
• Chapter Twenty-Two: The Media Merry-Go-Round
• Epilogue: Election Day Problems and Final Thoughts
• Appendix A: Transcripts That Didn’t Make the Final Cut
• Acknowledgments
• Endnotes