12-year-old’s Facebook page locked after YouTube clip questions President Barack Obama’s love of

[mfcorey1]

country.

A 12-year-old African-American boy from Georgia, embraced by Republicans for conservatism, has apparently had his Facebook page locked – days after he put up a YouTube video questioning President Barack Obama’s love for his country. From the Washington Examiner:

On Friday, C.J. Pearson, a 12-year-old conservative from Georgia who posted a viral video supporting Rudy Giuliani, discovered that his personal Facebook page was locked. In an exclusive interview with Examiner.com on Saturday, Pearson said he received a message from someone about 6 a.m. Friday. That’s when he learned his account and page had been locked for “suspicious activity.”

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/03/01/12-year-olds-facebook-page-locked-after-youtube-clip-questions-president-barack-obamas-love-of-country/

[wyldwolf]

1. Facebook has an age requirement of 13+

"Suspicious activity' is a standard blanket reason facebook uses when they lock accounts.

[Demit]

3. But how would FB have found out what his age was?

I have friends who created a page for their dog. I guess the kid could've said what his age is & someone notified FB?

[wyldwolf]

4. Someone probably flagged the vid

[jehop61]

6. Thank you

I received this in an email from a rw relative. Someone obviously is exploiting this child for their own agenda. Sad they have to resort to such manipulation.

[shenmue]

8. Yep

That's what I figure.

[wyldwolf]

9. My thought is...

Someone 'alerted' on the video. Facebook looked at the account, saw he was a kid, suspended the account. I'm reasonably certain it had nothing to do with the video.

[razorman]

10. Since he has gotten so much attention for this, no one is going to believe

that Facebook locked his account because of some "age requirement". It will be seen as speech suppression, regardless of their real motives. We may not like what he said, but he does have the right to say it. That being said, FB is a private entity, and can use whatever criteria they wish to regulate their site's use. But, public opinion is vital to the success of Facebook.

[DetlefK]

2. A 12-year old conservative?

Looks like everything you need to count as a conservative is the ability to parrot spoon-fed lines.

[TexasProgresive]

5. Maybe but that's the same charge made by RWNJs about this Canadian girl

Severn Suzuki in The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in July 1992

[Lochloosa]

7. I was discussing the Vietnam War at the age of 12....In 1970.

And reading up on Canada....just saying