Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Facebook big shot can't decide on whether to ban a page that calls for shooting Republicans

There's s Facebook page that calls for shooting Republicans FB's president for Global Policy Management, Monika Bickert, in testimony to a congressional committee yesterday, wasn't able to provide that committee a solid answer on what it takes to get banned from Facebook.



Endgadget has more:
Bickert was given an example by Rep. Gaetz (R-FL) about a page on Facebook called "Milkshakes Against the Republican Party," which he said had multiple posts urging people to shoot members of his party. He said he reported the posts using the site's flagging tools, but that he received a response saying they didn't go against Facebook's Community Standards. Gaetz said the posts were removed eventually, though the page in question still exists. "Any calls for violence violates our terms of service," said Bickert. "So why is Milkshakes Against the Republican Party a live page on your platform?" asked Rep. Gaetz, adding that Facebook executives told him, "Well, we removed those specific posts, but we're not going to remove the entire page."
There is some good news. Apparently the repulsive page has finally been banned.

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