Jackson, NJ – A former self-styled vigilante who once dressed up and patrolled the streets as a costumed superhero, turned government critic, has once again found himself banned on social media after being kicked off Facebook and Instagram this week for repeated violations of Meta’s content policies.
Pollak was initially kicked off the platform for multiple violations of their company’s community guidelines, according to Meta. This week, he was banned again after creating new accounts, a clear violation of the company’s terms of service.
Pollak has blamed the local government for ‘censoring him’ and even Shore News Network, citing a delusional conspiracy theory that Shore News Network is working with local officials and Meta to ‘silence him’, which is simply not true.
“Chris Pollak is delusional,” said Shore News Network editor Phil Stilton. “We report the news. His crazed, unhinged, “everyone is the bad guy” videos gave us content. It’s always good for the media when people like the Dark Guardian blast local government, especially the way he was doing it with these weird, long conspiracy theory rants. It’s great entertainment. He’s a walking click factory. We’d like to see him reinstated, to be honest. Our readers love crazy. The internet loves crazy, and he delivers crazy rants multiple times each day, flooding all of our town’s local community groups. Our company has had no contact with Facebook in many years. I personally stopped using that platform last year because of the insane censorship against conservtives and Republicans.”
Chris Pollak, a blogger and activist from Jackson Township—once known online as the “Dark Guardian”—was permanently removed from both platforms after mounting a viral video campaign targeting local officials. Meta confirmed the enforcement action but declined to provide specific details about the policy breaches, citing user privacy.
Jackson Council Vice President Mordechai Burnstein, an Orthodox Jewish man has been the focus of most of Pollak’s anti-Jewish rants.
Burnstein said the Jackson Township Council has no interest or involvement with the social media companies and that perhaps it was the platform’s AI content monitoring tools that flagged Pollak’s account. Meta and Facebook have been known to ban accounts that repeatedly violate community guidelines. The platform is also well known for its overreach when it comes to censoring political opinions.
After Tuesday night’s meeting, shortly after finding out he was deplatformed, Pollak ran around the township meeting room screaming and threatening local officials, including Burnstein, Council President Jen Kuhn, and Councilman Ken Bressi. At the time of the altercation, Pollak, who once said he would fight the Pope, also confronted Vietnam Marine Corps combat veteran Ken Bressi and his son, shouting at them and threatening them. At one point, Pollak also verbally attacked Bressi’s son.
“I’m not done with you, yet,” the former superhero cosplaying vigilante screamed.
The bans are not Pollak’s first. He had previously been removed from major platforms under his former alias, “Dark Guardian,” a name he used during a period in which he patrolled New York City dressed as a superhero, confronting alleged criminals and drug dealers while filming the encounters. Since then, Pollak has rebranded himself as a political watchdog in suburban Ocean County.
All of Pollak’s former Dark Guardian profiles have also been removed from social media, indicating previous run-ins with the social media giant.
His critics have accused him of using inflammatory language and spreading conspiracy theories. Supporters argue he’s exposing local issues mainstream media avoids. Either way, his social media presence has been his primary tool for outreach, making the Meta ban a serious blow to his online reach.
In an interview published to YouTube, Pollak admitted his tactic is to use outlandish schemes to garner attention, “I’m crazy, I’ve done some crazy things,” he said in that interview.
Despite being removed from two of the most prominent social media platforms, Pollak shows no signs of backing down, continuing to frame his digital exile as part of a larger fight against what he calls “government tyranny.”
