Headline RoundupAugust 20th, 2018
Facebook Apologizes After PragerU Says the Social Media Site "Heavily Censored" Its Videos
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Facebook apologized to conservative content creator PragerU for "mistakenly removing" some of the organization's recent videos. PragerU said it was being "heavily censored" after nine of its posts reached zero of its three million Facebook followers and two videos were deleted for “hate speech."
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Facebook Gives No Explanation For Censoring Conservative Educational Site PragerUThe Federalist
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It appears Facebook is censoring PragerU by making sure that none of the educational site's 3 million followers get to see their posts.
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Facebook Apologizes to PragerU, Restores Banned VideosThe Daily Caller
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Facebook on Friday issued an apology to PragerU for “mistakenly” removing several videos and limiting the reach of others.
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PragerU claims it is being ‘heavily censored’ by Facebook — and they have evidence to prove itThe Blaze
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Prager University, which produces conservative content including man-on-the-street and explainer videos on conservative values and philosophy, claimed Friday that Facebook is heavily censoring its content.
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