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
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
Meanwhile, the identical message on Facebook has been shared 37K times in 7 hours and has 128K reactions
@civilrightsorg Twitter won't be bullied. Still nothing from Facebook. 
"If anyone, including a politician, is saying things that is calling for violence or risks imminent physical harm...we will take that content down." -- Mark Zuckerberg, under oath to @AOC, 10/23/19
Trump's message was also posted on Facebook-owned Instagram, where it has over 300K likes
Facebook's response to all of this, BTW, has been nothing. I put an inquiry in at 6AM and have heard nothing back. And the company did not respond to CNN or any other news outlet, as far as I can tell
