February 1, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) —Jointly owned fαcebσσƙ and Instagram have banned the selling of the book “The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity,” byCatholic author Carrie Gress, because it “doesn’t comply with” their commerce policies.
The revealed that only a couple of days after posting about the book’s censorship, their stock of the book sold out.
It is unclear why the book has been rejected and banned across various platforms. Some have speculated that an algorithm is at least partially responsible for determining policy violations. If true, it raises questions and concerns about how such an algorithm operates. As of the time of this article’s publishing, fαcebσσƙ has not responded to LifeSiteNews’ request for an explanation of the violation notice.
Gress explains in her introduction to the book that its first two parts are devoted to revealing the “hidden identity and manifestations” of the anti-Marian spirit, as well as to examining where it comes from. In discussing this, she addresses:

Each of the social mєdια giants has been frequently and heatedly criticized for what many decry as inconsistent, incoherent, or unjust enforcement of censorship policy.
fαcebσσƙ alone has a long history of censoring faith-based organizations and individuals.  The social mєdια giant has been forced to apologize for numerous instances of improperly flagging conservative or Christian content as “hateful” or otherwise inappropriate. Just a couple of years ago, fαcebσσƙ censored an image of Santa kneeling before baby Jesus, calling it “violent content.”

February 1, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) —Jointly owned fαcebσσƙ and Instagram have banned the selling of the book “The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity,” byCatholic author Carrie Gress, because it “doesn’t comply with” their commerce policies.
The revealed that only a couple of days after posting about the book’s censorship, their stock of the book sold out.
It is unclear why the book has been rejected and banned across various platforms. Some have speculated that an algorithm is at least partially responsible for determining policy violations. If true, it raises questions and concerns about how such an algorithm operates. As of the time of this article’s publishing, fαcebσσƙ has not responded to LifeSiteNews’ request for an explanation of the violation notice.
Gress explains in her introduction to the book that its first two parts are devoted to revealing the “hidden identity and manifestations” of the anti-Marian spirit, as well as to examining where it comes from. In discussing this, she addresses:

Each of the social mєdια giants has been frequently and heatedly criticized for what many decry as inconsistent, incoherent, or unjust enforcement of censorship policy.
fαcebσσƙ alone has a long history of censoring faith-based organizations and individuals.  The social mєdια giant has been forced to apologize for numerous instances of improperly flagging conservative or Christian content as “hateful” or otherwise inappropriate. Just a couple of years ago, fαcebσσƙ censored an image of Santa kneeling before baby Jesus, calling it “violent content.”