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REUTERS: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility and blamed his company for not taking down the page and the event for a militia group before two people were killed in a protest in Kenosha, saying it was “largely part of an operational error. “
The page and event listing violated Facebook policies and should have been removed after numerous complaints were received about the group’s violent nature, Zuckerberg said in a video to employees that he posted publicly on his Facebook profile.
The social media company removed the ‘Kenosha Guard’ page and a list of events for ‘Armed citizens to protect our lives and property’ a day after Tuesday’s shooting.
Two people were killed during protests in Kenosha that broke out in response to the police shooting of a black man earlier this week.
“The contractors and reviewers to whom the initial complaints were channeled basically didn’t get this,” Zuckerberg said. “And in the second review, making it more sensitive, the team responsible for dangerous organizations recognized that this violated the policies and we removed it.”
Zuckerberg said there was no evidence that the person accused of the shooting followed the Kenosha Guard page, but added that the company will continue to evolve its policies to identify potentially dangerous organizations.
