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2020-04-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Facebook takes down anti-quarantine protest posts

[Reuters] Facebook Inc said on Monday that it has removed events in Nebraska, New Jersey and California promoting protests against stay-at-home measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

But the social media company, which has been under pressure to police harmful content and misinformation related to the pandemic, said it would only take down anti-quarantine protest events if they defied government guidelines.

Stay-at-home orders, which experts say are essential to slow the spread of the virus but which have battered the U.S. economy, have been enacted at the state level.

Facebook said it would align with those directives, and also remove events that defy social distancing guidelines. Facebook is seeking guidance to clarify the scope of state orders in New York, Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

"Unless government prohibits the event during this time, we allow it to be organized on Facebook," said Facebook spokesman Andy Stone. "For this same reason, events that defy government's guidance on social distancing aren't allowed on Facebook."

Facebook did not identify the events removed....

Posted by Clem 2020-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 I guess this now makes Facebook a media company and responsible for all content.

Posted by Gromolet Craiting5425 2020-04-21 02:11|| 2020-04-21 02:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Data mining censoring manipulating arrogant b^^^^^d.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-04-21 11:01|| 2020-04-21 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Definitely in the Top Ten of Pieces of Egesta.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-21 11:03|| 2020-04-21 11:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Then one day you'll click to FB and get a 404 message. They'll scream censorship. I'll call it karma.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-04-21 14:12|| 2020-04-21 14:12|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ One day we will remember the days before "Net Neutrality" and "International Internet 'Governance' " when the Internet was ... free of petty little dictators.

Posted by magpie 2020-04-21 19:08|| 2020-04-21 19:08|| Front Page Top

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