Facebook took down posts regarded as too sympathetic to Soleimani. Free speech advocates must fight back

Posted on AllSides January 15th, 2020
From The Left

Instagram, and its parent company Facebook, took down posts regarded as too sympathetic to Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated January 3 in a controversial US airstrike. The news website Coda (1/10/20) was credited with breaking the news, and Newsweek (1/10/20) also reported that: Iranian journalists have reported the censorship of their Instagram accounts. Posts about Soleimani have disappeared from Instagram, which is currently the only operational international social media site within Iran.

According to the Facebook corporation, as quoted by CNN (1/10/20), removal of such posts is required...

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https://www.alternet.org/2020/01/facebook-took-down-posts-regarded-as-too-sympathetic-to-soleimani-free-speech-advocates-must-fight-back/

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