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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:28 AM Jun 2018

Instagram Removed a ProPublica Post Outing White Supremacists Because Facebook Keeps Blocking....

...The Wrong Things



Facebook, in attempts to crack down on fake news and other content, has somehow made news organizations its enemy. Just one day after Facebook was criticized for rejecting a promoted post from the nonprofit investigative journalism outlet Reveal, Instagram has now reportedly removed a video from ProPublica’s account.

Lucas Waldron, a social visuals and graphics producer at ProPublica, noted on Twitter Thursday afternoon that Instagram removed a video uploaded by the publication on October 2017. The video showed footage of violent protests and identified members of white supremacists groups.


[link:https://gizmodo.com/instagram-removed-a-propublica-post-outing-white-suprem-1827039305|

Another classic example off unintended consequences...
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