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Saturday, August 18, 2018

Worse Than Shadow Banning: Facebook Censors Millions From Viewing PragerU - THE KAIROS COMPANY CHARISMA NEWS

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Worse Than Shadow Banning: Facebook Censors Millions From Viewing PragerU Posts

8/17/2018 THE KAIROS COMPANY CHARISMA NEWS

Internal Facebook analytics reveal that as of Thursday, Aug. 16, at 10:00 p.m. PDT, posts by PragerU on the social media platform have been completely invisible to its more than 3 million followers. In a post by PragerU media personality Will Witt, the nonprofit revealed that the organization's last nine posts have been blocked by the social network, including two videos which have been deleted completely as "hate speech." Currently, visitors to PragerU's Facebook page are unable to see any of its most recent posts:

"Our last 9 posts have been completely censored reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two of our video posts were deleted last night for 'hate speech' including a post of our recent video with The Conservative Millennial, Make Men Masculine Again, " wrote Will Witt on Facebook.

"This is a first for us," says PragerU CMO Craig Strazzeri. "While we've experienced blatant discrimination from Google/YouTube, which is why we've filed legal action against them, this represents a whole new level of censorship by Facebook. At this point, Facebook has provided little clarity saying it will get back to us in another two to three business days, which in the world of social media might as well be an eternity.

"This is very troubling behavior from the world's largest social network. Not only are they obviously ratcheting up their algorithms to target mainstream, conservative content and labeling it as hate speech, but they are now completely blocking our posts from public view. This is shocking and it should deeply concern every single American."

This newest development on Facebook comes just 10 months after PragerU first filed its lawsuit against Google/YouTube in U.S. District Court, and just days after discovering that 47 additional PragerU videos have been restricted by YouTube. This brings the total number of PragerU videos restricted on YouTube to 88, or more than 10 percent of educational nonprofit's entire online media library. Many families enable restricted mode in order to keep inappropriate and objectionable adult and sexual content away from their children, not to prevent them from watching animated, age-appropriate, educational videos.

PragerU v. Google/YouTube, has placed the educational media organization at the center of a heated national debate about freedom of speech online, and carries with it profound implications for both the future of the First Amendment and more generally, political debate in America. The court case is currently being appealed at the Ninth Circuit Court. More than a half million grassroots supporters have added their names to PragerU's online petition and thousands more have donated in support of the organization's legal fund.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Greg Laurie Unveils the Salvation of an American Icon - Steve McQueen - THE KAIROS COMPANY CHARISMA NEWS

Greg Laurie Unveils the Salvation of an American Icon - Steve McQueen

6/15/2017 THE KAIROS COMPANY CHARISMA NEWS

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Evangelist, Bible teacher, pastor, radio host and the creator of more than 70 books and films, Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Ministries, released his newest book, Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, Tuesday, June 13.

McQueen, who is often referred to as the "King of Cool" and was in his day the No. 1 movie star in the world, is still, nearly 40 years after his death, identified as a point of reference for masculinity and "coolness."

Kept alive in pop culture's collective consciousness through such films as The Magnificent Seven (re-made in 2016), The Great Escape and Bullitt, McQueen's legendary car chases, death-defying stunts and love for motorcycles continues to inspire an army of modern day fans. In fact, a recent story about the discovery of one of the Bullitt Mustangs driven by Steve McQueen in the 1968 classic film went viral, picked up by news outlets all over the world.

"That story was so fascinating to so many because the mystique of Steve McQueen continues to this day," says Laurie. "Steve McQueen wasn't cool because he drove the Bullitt car. The Bullitt car was cool because Steve McQueen drove it."

"Notwithstanding all his fame and wealth, a colossal vacuum lived rent-free in his heart, a yawning chasm," adds Laurie. "A lot of people do not know about McQueen's hardscrabble beginnings. He was born into the home of an alcoholic mother and a father that left him early in life, he found himself on the wrong side of the law more than once. McQueen chased after every pleasure this planet had to offer."

McQueen's search led him through Hollywood, the best and fastest cars money could buy, multiple women, including two divorces, well-documented drug and alcohol abuse, and much more.

Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon is co-authored with Marshall Terrill—the acclaimed expert on all things Steve McQueen— who has written five other books about the American icon who died of malignant mesothelioma in 1980 at the age of 50. Together, Laurie and Terrill traveled the country interviewing many of those who knew McQueen best and were with him in his last days.

"In a significant turn toward the end of his life, ironically, just before he found out that he had cancer and while still the top movie star on earth, Steve did something that showed me that he really was 'the coolest of them all.' He put his faith in God and became a believer in Jesus Christ," says Laurie.

While the book charts a virtual road-trip taken by Laurie, everything else in the story is real: From Laurie's own exact replica 1968 Bullitt Mustang to all the facts, personal stories and interviews of those who knew the American icon best. The journey recounts McQueen's troubled early years, his international fame, his tireless search for purpose outside of Hollywood, and ultimately his conversion and early death.

"In many ways, our lives ran in parallel," adds Laurie. "I don't mean to suggest I am on McQueen's level of 'cool' in any way, but we both had troubled early years, fathers that left home, we were both raised by a single mother and we both got into more than a little trouble. Our stories diverge around the age of 20, when I came to faith in Jesus and McQueen went to Hollywood. Ironically, they came back together again when he became a Christian. That's the life-changing story we uncover through this amazing journey, and it's a story McQueen, in his own words, worried he'd never be able to share with the world. Now, almost 40 years after his step into heaven, he'll finally get the chance."

Pastor Laurie is also currently in production on a documentary film about McQueen by the same title. The film is directed by filmmaker Jon Erwin (Mom's Night Out, Woodlawn, October Baby) and includes on-camera interviews with many of the same characters mentioned in the book as well as current Hollywood icon and avid Steve McQueen fan, Mel Gibson. The film is set to release in September, but you can view the trailer here.

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Additional info below added by Love for His People Editor Steve Martin. 06.16.17

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Steve McQueen

American actor

Terence Steven McQueen was an American actor. Called "The King of Cool," his "anti-hero" persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s and made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s. Wikipedia

Born: March 24, 1930, Beech Grove, IN

Died: November 7, 1980, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Height: 5′ 10″

Spouse: Barbara Minty (m. 1980–1980), Ali MacGraw (m. 1973–1978), Neile Adams (m. 1956–1972)

TV shows: Wanted Dead or Alive, The Dick Powell Show

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