REUTERS: Facebook on Wednesday (Mar 27) banned praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism, a move that drew ...
REUTERS: Facebook on Wednesday banned praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism, a move that drew qualified approval from New Zealand where a massacre of 50 people in mosques was live streamed earlier this month.
"There are lessons to be learnt here in Christchurch and we don't want anyone to have to learn those lesson over again." Tech publication Motherboard, which first reported the policy change on Wednesday, revealed that the company was maintaining the distinction last year after an investigation into its content moderation policies.In a statement, Facebook said it had initially been wary of infringing on broader concepts of nationalism and separatism, which it said are"an important part of people's identity.
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