Commented on a post with the most recent (non-Breitbart) headline and updates. Added this with 3 independent sources:
FYI, Breitbart is a far-right, low-quality source.
Mod apparently didn’t like a more reputable source being added to their post because it was removed in minutes lol.
reason: Rule 6 Violation
Rule 6: Using the Poisoning The Well fallacy to attack sources shared in a post is presently not allowed (this rule may change in the future, and isolated instances will not subject you to a permanent ban)
Just admit you want an echo chamber to spread disinformation and promote biased articles! Using this rule to police sources is very thinly-veiled censorship…
FYI, we are having a thelemmy.club instance defederation vote in our governance community here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40329206, so maybe consider rethinking your position. We also banned Xitter links a while back for similar reasons. Any instance that caters to the alt-right is gonna find itself defederated sooner or later.
It’s actually a common right wing tactic to sprinkle some ordinary looking posts in between the problematic ones, for plausible deniability. But don’t be fooled, they know what they are doing. I’ll be happy to withdraw my governance defederation proposal if you are willing to take some meaningful action against right wing content on your instance.