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🗓️ 4 October 2021
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Greg Wrightstone, a geologist and expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has posted content on LinkedIn for years. It would often spark discussions and debates among his followers—and the occasional trolls.
That changed last month. Wrightstone, who serves as executive director of the CO2 Coalition, says he was banned from LinkedIn for posting factual information related to climate change. His appeal was denied, leaving him without a voice on a platform where he had cultivated a significant following.
Having been stripped of his ability to communicate on LinkedIn, he’s now speaking out and sharing his story publicly with The Daily Signal. Wrightstone warns others about social media censorship and the consequences of limiting discussion and debate.
Also on today's show, a conservative activist calls out Facebook for suppressing his posts.
For more than a decade, Texas native Don Kirchoff has used Facebook to share news and information with fellow conservatives. The longtime Heritage Foundation supporter and Heritage Action Sentinel frequently posts Daily Signal stories as well as content from other conservative organizations and media outlets.
But is anyone seeing them?
Many of his Facebook posts that have zero likes or comments, prompting Kirchoff to take his case directly to Facebook. While that has worked in the past, he’s noticed the problem more often.
Kirchoff captured screenshots and shared them with The Daily Signal as well as Facebook. (The Daily Signal is the multimedia news organization of Heritage.)
Kirchoff joined the podcast to explain the situation and raise awareness for other conservatives.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, October 4th. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Rob Blueey. |
| 0:10.9 | And I'm Virginia Allen. |
| 0:12.7 | On today's show, Rob talks with two guests who are facing social media censorship. |
| 0:18.7 | Greg Wrightstone is a geologist and the executive director of the CO2 coalition who is currently |
| 0:24.5 | banned from LinkedIn. |
| 0:26.6 | And Don Kirchoff is a conservative from Texas, whose Facebook posts are being suppressed. |
| 0:33.0 | And they're not alone, Virginia, just last week the Daily Signal had our own run-in with |
| 0:37.1 | Twitter when our video on the Border Patrol's horse patrol program was censored. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm grateful to Greg and Don for speaking out and hope that others who encounter censorship |
| 0:45.5 | do the same. |
| 0:46.5 | Absolutely. |
| 0:47.5 | Well, and following those two interviews, we also read your letters to the editor and |
| 0:52.7 | share a good news story about a father and daughter who started a non-profit organization |
| 0:58.1 | to donate our v's to families who have lost their homes in California's wildfires. |
| 1:04.0 | Before we get to today's show, Virginia and I want to tell you about the best job placement |
| 1:07.8 | program for conservatives. |
| 1:09.6 | It's called the Heritage Foundation's Job Bank. |
| 1:12.5 | The Heritage Foundation's Job Bank connects conservatives of all career levels to jobs |
| 1:17.8 | with conservative employers all over the country for free. |
| 1:22.2 | If you sign up, the Job Bank will send you new job openings every week and invite you |
| 1:27.4 | to their virtual job fairs and career seminars. |
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