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1. Facebook has said UNEQUIVOCALLY that posts claiming masks will make you sick "could lead to imminent harm" & will be removed

On Monday, I reported Facebook wasn't enforcing the policy & Facebook responded by removing many of the examples I highlighted

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2. Now that the story has been published things are back to the status quo. Large Facebook pages continue to publish the false claim that masks make you sick & Facebook is doing nothing

Here are 4 examples in the last 24 hrs. There are MANY more

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3. I guess I could just spend my time searching Facebook and sending them examples of posts that violate their policies but that's not really my job.

Facebook should enforce its own policies.

But how do you hold a $600 billion company accountable?

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4. The only thing I know how to do is continue to tell the truth.

I'm not sure why Facebook isn't taking this more seriously.

As the company admits, this is a matter of life and death.

Finding and removing these posts is not rocket science.

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5. During the pandemic, there has been a lot of talk about personal responsibility

But what about corporate responsibility?

I'll continue to expose irresponsible corporate conduct in my newsletter, which is free for the length of this pandemic --> popular.info/suscribe
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1. On Facebook's internal message board, Facebook employees overwhelming oppose Zuckerberg's decision to keep up Trump's post calling on "looters" to be gunned down, Facebook sources tell me

One person asked if the decision could be appealed to the new Oversight Board...
2. The answer was NO because the Oversight Board was not ready to hear cases because DUE TO COVID-19 they DON'T HAVE LAPTOPS YET

Here's the text of the response from Facebook Comms
3. I'm told that out of 750 or so comments on Facebook's internal message board, only 10 to 20 supported leaving Trump's posts up

I'll have more reporting on this in the days to come

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1. YESTERDAY, Mark Zuckerberg said that if Trump promoted violence on Facebook, he would take action

TODAY, Zuckerberg admitted Trump was promoting violence but said there is an (unwritten) exception for "warning about state action"

In other words, it doesn't apply to Trump
2. Zuckerberg announces a lot of policies talking about aggressive action Facebook is taking to combat COVID-19 misinformation, or Census misinformation, or violence

He makes a point, like he did yesterday, of saying those policies apply to Trump

But he never follows through
3. Let's be clear, applying these rules to everyone EXCEPT TRUMP is not, as Zuckerberg claims, a "commitment to free expression"

It's a perversion of that principle

What is guiding Zuckerberg is politics, not principle

This decision makes that abundantly clear
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Trump’s tweet calling for “looters” in Minneapolis to be gunned down was also posted on Facebook

Facebook has a policy banning “Statements advocating for high-severity violence”

While politicians are exempt from fact-checking, they are not exempt from Community Starndards
I’ve asked Facebook if it plans to enforce its rules and will let you know what I hear.

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After Twitter posted a warning on Trump's tweet for glorifying violence, Trump posted it again from the official White House account.

Meanwhile, the identical message on Facebook has been shared 37K times in 7 hours and has 128K reactions
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