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TeleSUR is a Latin American media outlet funded by the governments of Venezuela, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Bolivia. The channel was founded in 2005 by leftist journalists who had been marginalized by existing Latin American media giants whose constant and often shameless right-wing slant was best displayed when Latin American corporate media channels (such as the ones that publicly called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez in 2002 and reported on his attempted ouster as an organic revolution of the people). They intended the channel to represent a voice to the Latin American left.
Today, teleSUR mostly just does puff pieces and its quality of content has wavered a bit, but I've personally never seen it post anything disinformational or offense, that's for sure.
Today, teleSUR mostly just does puff pieces and its quality of content has wavered a bit, but I've personally never seen it post anything disinformational or offense, that's for sure.
teleSUR English's page has been removed from Facebook for the second time this year without any specific reason being provided. It should be noted that the first time this occurred back in January 2018, Facebook did NOT provide any explanation in spite of our best efforts to understand their rationale. This is an alarming development in light of the recent shutting down of pages that don't fit a mainstream narrative.
This is currently the only communication we have received from Facebook:
"Hello,
Your Page "teleSUR English" has been removed for violating our Terms of Use. A Facebook Page is a distinct presence used solely for business or promotional purposes. Among other things, Pages that are hateful, threatening or obscene are not allowed. We also take down Pages that attack an individual or group, or that are set up by an unauthorised individual. If your Page was removed for any of the above reasons, it will not be reinstated. Continued misuse of Facebook's features could result in the permanent loss of your account.
The Facebook Team"
Shortly after the news, the administrator of Revolution News informed from his personal Facebook page that he had received a warning from Facebook seconds after he had scheduled this very article to go on the Facebook page of Revolution News.
Meanwhile, followers and supporters of teleSUR English sent out tweets and posts on Facebook and Twitters and other social media websites denouncing the unexplained action by Facebook and arguing that such move is rooted into Facebook's own bias against outlets and news organizations that do not fit within the mainstream media landscape.
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Max Blumenthal: Facebook has just deleted the page of @telesurenglish. A network source tells me FB justified eliminating the page on the vague basis of "violation of terms." The NATO-backed @DFRLab is currently assisting FB's purge. This is deeply disturbing.
Also, several news outlets such as RT and Venezuelanalysis, which its own Facebook page was removed briefly last week, Democracy Now!and others reported on the news and expressed concern over the removal of teleSUR English page.