I WAS DEACTIVATED FOR VIOLATING FACEBOOK TERMS.
Yes, this old D.J. has fallen from the cloud. DE-platformed just like that other silenced D.J. ……. D.J.Trump.
In mid-August 2021 the N.S.W. Police Minister David Elliot warned; “people should not physically attend anti lock-down / vaccine protest rallies…” and instead suggested “express your protest passively and safely to the media or via an online protest.”
In response, as I live in regional area and not close to any of the city protest marches, I made a YouTube video titled ‘Passive Protest.’
Within 48 hours upon sharing on Facebook: I was De-Faced Booked.
But hey, so much for my right to ‘passive protest’ in a law biding way! So much for debate in our democracy!! So much for free speech!!!
I was strong and dark humored with my opinion but my video had no hate, abuse, or misinformation. In fact, content included actual video grabs of N.S.W. Premiere Gladys Berejiklian and Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant substantiating the very stats I presented.
As far as I was concerned ‘Gladdy and Kezza’s’ daily statistical information overload earned the satire. They should not be exempt from scrutiny on this topic over their rather extreme actions and re-actions effecting the community with such contention. Where public health in the overall socioeconomic picture is lost in their equations. Where mental health, and peoples livelihood were now critically at stake!
Now, my Facebook is reduced to a name and a lifeless cameo silhouette. EVERYTHING IS LOST. Not one post, word, comment, photo, contact, message, or even an emoji remains. All GONE, after 14 years member presence hanging out in the FB cloud with friends, family, strangers (some becoming friends), and its vast connections networking with the local, to global community.
I’m still awaiting confirmation that my appeal even got through, let alone if my reinstatement will happen. Its virtually impossible to get anywhere past the Artificial Intelligence ‘NON HELP’ Centre. Here, are endless detours, roundabouts and dead-ends specifically designed to ensure there is no human contact. All, basically designed to ensure nobody penetrates their cyber-base-headquarters.
Dazed and confused in the procedural rigmarole of this MEGA MONSTER CLOUD, I wasted at least another day of my life (non)-communicating with: no-one. Talk about Ghosting!
In an instant, a significant segment of my life history sadly vanished into thin air without a trace like some ‘Missing Virtual Person’. Even I, who believes himself to be a tough trooper, now had to deal with the confrontations of my own mental health and emotional being.
The initial shock, confusion (and panic) of this new reality has sent me on a profound journey unfathomable to explain. Begging so many questions:
Did this BEHEMOTH CLOUD weigh heavy on me? Clouds, no matter how pretty or alluring hold tonnes of water-vapour, and when inside one we essential are immersed in fog. With no warning the cloud broke and suddenly I found myself having to grow wings to fly above its weighty limitations, expectations, obligations (addiction???)
Was I following a daily routine worshipping the cloud/s? Was I under the spell (cult-control?) of ‘a cyber religion’ dominating me to follow the prevailing daily weather patterns? When long-term daily weather is taken into account (like say 14 years) weather can be modelled as ‘a climate’. A ‘social-media warming’ crisis?
Is this an opportunity to permanently escape the clutches of the monster? Can I look into a cyber-life from now on with a cloudless clear sky view, breathing new crisp fresh air?
Am I glimpsing on the horizon a return to a simpler, more natural way of life? Is that even possible today in an atmosphere already saturated with A.I., techno dependent mass-information overload, that ‘they’ have made inescapable and necessary to just operate and exist toady?
Can I choose to independently manoeuvre myself through or around the cloud? I caution myself to remain aware of its essential use, and that I don’t perhaps throw out valuable collected rainwater, or overthrow the worthwhile in deciding what portions to keep or throw away. As regardless, ‘it’ does serve valuable functions for modern humanity.
But I have much irritation and indeed anger with our (over)-A.I. Governed world as we submit and allow ‘it’ to decide and over-rule us (we as humans) becoming ‘its’ servant and not ‘its’ master!
Worse still to contemplate, would be a human hack, of hacking out my tongue to silence my voice. Perhaps because (for example) someone finding my differing opinion intolerable, and ‘they’ reporting me to the unconscionable A.I. and leaving me to the mercy of ‘its’ DE-Activation button. Passing ‘its’ judgement. Incapable of ‘it’ understanding human conversation, explanation and nor being open to any debate.
The human hacking of my tongue would present the saddest and darkest storm cloud of all; hiding behind the arrogance (and dangerous) control of a giant social media entity that has become a law unto themselves.
Our society today is more divided and polarized than ever. And ESSENTIALLY more than ever we must demand our RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH!!!
Judge for yourself, you can watch my ‘offensive’ video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fdiYShhNEjU