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Facebook will ban me content deniers. The announcement came just a few hours ago from the platform’s senior management, who has planned a immediate ban to post that “Denying or providing distorted views of the Holocaust”.
Mark Zuckerberg’s social giant has reviewed your previous policies, more generally, especially compared to Twitter, much more likely not to impose significant restrictions or labels on the large number of daily posts.
Precisely with regard to the content of the denial, in a 2018 interview the CEO Mark Zuckerberg had stated that Facebook did not proceed with the removal of said content to take into account the possibility of facing “Unintentional mistakes”.
Now, however, in announcing the drastic policy change, the social network explained that the decision is supported “The well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally and the alarming level of ignorance about the Holocaust, especially among young people.”
Facebook will censor Holocaust denials
The company cited in a note a recent survey showing that almost 25% of American adults between the ages of 18 and 39 believe that the Holocaust is “False or exaggerated”, or claim that you are not sure what actually happened:
“The dilemma I have faced is between defending freedom of expression and the harm caused by minimizing or denying the horror of the Holocaust. My thinking has evolved as I have seen data on the rise in anti-Semitic violence. Drawing the right lines between what is and what is not acceptable speech is not easy, but with the current state of the world, I think this is the right balance. “
CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained, motivating the choice.
The platform line has always been very neutral with respect to content, based on the concept that, in essence, it is not the social network that should be referee of truth about the contents that are published through it. For this position, the company faced criticism and even several advertising boycotts.
However, over the years, Zuckerberg’s social network has repeatedly made decisions aimed at removing posts, such as those from hate speech or white supremacism.
In addition, he recently removed all QAnon groups and ads, that is, those that support so-called conspiracy theories, as well as some misleading posts by President Donald Trump.
