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Originally Posted by Alf

He's had the ability to talk to his millions of followers taken away from him. He's been censored.

I will accept things if I'm proven wrong, but on this occasion, I'm right.

Facebook is not a public space where people have the right to freedom of speech. It is a privately owned website that can pick and choose it's content literally however it wants. When you sign up to a Facebook account you agree to the terms of service. I've picked out the relevant parts to save you the trouble.

From Facebook T&Cs

2. What you can share and do on Facebook

We want people to use Facebook to express themselves and to share content that is important to them, but not at the expense of the safety and well-being of others or the integrity of our community. You therefore agree not to engage in the conduct described below (or to facilitate or support others in doing so):

You may not use our Products to do or share anything:

That breaches these Terms, our Community Standards and other Terms and Policies that apply to your use of Facebook.

That is unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent.

That infringes or breaches someone else's rights.

You may not upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden or impair the proper working or appearance of our Products.

You may not access or collect data from our Products using automated means (without our prior permission) or attempt to access data that you do not have permission to access.

We can remove content that you share in breach of these provisions and, if applicable, we may take action against your account.

The relevant section, if you're wondering, comes under "community standards", which I've also looked up for you. If you want to check for yourself, it's under section 3, "objectionable content";

12. Hate speech

We do not allow hate speech on Facebook because it creates an environment of intimidation and exclusion and in some cases may promote real-world violence.

We define hate speech as a direct attack on people based on what we call protected characteristics – race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity and serious disease or disability. We also provide some protections for immigration status. We define "attack" as violent or dehumanising speech, statements of inferiority, or calls for exclusion or segregation.*

When Tommy created his Facebook account, he ticked a box that said "I agree to these terms and conditions". Do most of us read though them? Of course not. It doesn't matter. He signed a contract, the contract explicitly outlines the reasons ones account might be cancelled, it's there in black and white.

Sorry Alf you've missed the mark this time. It's not censorship. It's a private contact between individual and company that's been broken. They have every right to remove him.