Facebook accused of censorship after hundreds of US political pages purged

as informed in Some 1 million Facebook accounts followed at least one of the pages, about 25,000 Facebook accounts joined at least one of the groups and more than 28,000 accounts followed at least one of the Instagram accounts. (Photo: Facebook)Examples of politically charged Facebook posts that the company says originated in Iran. (Photo: Facebook)Examples of politically charged Facebook posts that the company says originated in Iran. (Photo: The Atlantic Council/Facebook)Examples of politically charged Facebook posts that the company says originated in Iran. (Photo: The Atlantic Council/Facebook)Examples of politically charged Facebook posts that the company says originated in Iran.

Facebook accused of censorship after hundreds of US political pages purged

The removal of 800 pages and accounts came as a shock to many on the left and rightOn Thursday, Facebook announced it had removed more than 800 political pages and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and spamming. This week, the people behind the pages Facebook purged for being inauthentic are angry. I shared content from many of the biggest, most reputable political pages, and they shared mine. "I absolutely believe savvy spammers realize that polarizing political views drive a lot of traffic," says Llansó. "But there are also a lot of people who fervently believe their political views and are trying to drive traffic to their posts and ideas.

Facebook approved fake political ads that claimed to be paid for by ISIS and Mike Pence

according to In an experiment testing Facebook's new "Paid For" political ad disclosures, Vice News successfully created ads on the social network that claimed to be paid for by ISIS, Mike Pence, and Tom Perez. In order to run a political ad, Facebook requires the submitter present photo ID and proof of residence. It appears that a new political ads feature on Facebook is easily fooled. Vice found that in order to run a political ad, Facebook requires the submitter to present photo ID and proof of residence. Facebook told Vice that the ads themselves weren't the issue, but the fake "Paid For" disclosures were against its policy.

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