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{{Display censorship incident
|ongoing=no
|year=2024
|region=North America
|artist=Andrew Bushard
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Religion
|confronting_bodies=Yelp
|medium=Internet
|date_of_action=August 2024
|location=San Fransciso, CA
|description_of_content=Circa 2022 or 2023, Andrew Bushard reviewed Austin Ridge Church on [https://www.yelp.com Yelp] (based on his experiences which he described in detail in [https://www.freepressmedia.org/95ThesesAgainstFundamentalism.html 95 Theses Against Fundamentalism].  The review contained the following text: 

"A church of Pharisees.

They get bent out of shape over romance novellas, but they don't wear masks during pandemics. Vulgarity offends them, but spreading deadly viruses does not.

They give lip service to supporting America, yet they argue against what the First Amendment and the Constitution stands for"

[https://www.yelp.com Yelp] emailed Andrew Bushard telling him they removed the review, because "it violated Yelp's terms of service".
|description_of_incident=[https://www.yelp.com Yelp] emailed Andrew Bushard telling him the review "violated Yelp's terms of service"  Andrew Bushard responded, requesting clarification on what specific part of the review violated the terms of service.  [https://www.yelp.com Yelp] would not provide clarification.  Andrew Bushard reported [https://www.yelp.com Yelp] to [https://www.bbb.org/local-bbb/golden-gate-better-business-bureau the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Coastal California Better Business Bureau].
|description_of_result=[https://www.bbb.org/local-bbb/golden-gate-better-business-bureau the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Coastal California Better Business Bureau] meditated between [https://www.yelp.com Yelp] and Andrew Bushard.  Andrew Bushard again sought clarification on what specific aspect of the review violated the review policy.  [https://www.yelp.com Yelp] would not disclose.  Andrew Bushard deduced it was the verbiage "A church of Pharisees".  Andrew Bushard asked [https://www.yelp.com Yelp]  if he could rewrite the review without the offending parts, as the world needs to know that Austin Ridge Church did not comply with masking recommendations during COVID-19.  [https://www.yelp.com Yelp]  agreed he could repost a review that didn't violate the terms of service.  Andrew Bushard thus [https://www.yelp.com/biz/austin-ridge-bible-church-austin-2 rewrote the review as follows "I attended a small group during the pandemic and none of them, including the pastors and other leaders, wore masks. I was the only one who wore a mask."]   [https://www.yelp.com Yelp] accepted the review and did not take it down.
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