The investigative website Project Veritas is reporting the social media website Pinterest blocked certain Bible verses and Christian terms in its search engine. A quick search makes it clear that certain Bible verses are still allowed on Pinterest, but a whistleblower says the auto-complete function was modified, and his inside information shows there has been hostility against some Christian beliefs.
Project Veritas reviewed Pinterest’s “Sensitive Terms List” and found Christian-related terms like “Bible verses” and “Christian Easter” were identified as “brand unsafe.”
Pinterest is a publicly-traded social media company headquartered in San Francisco, CA with more than 300 million monthly users. “The documents we obtained raise questions about whether or not these tech companies really operate like neutral platforms, as opposed to publishers with editorial agendas,” O’Keefe writes.
At the same time that the news about censoring against certain Christian beliefs surfaced, Pinterest also banned the pro-life group Live Action from being able to post to the site. Based on the evidence provided, it appears that Pinterest intentionally added ‘LiveAction.org’ to a ‘pornography’ blocklist in an effort to suppress our pro-life content from being shared on the platform,” she said.