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Headline Roundup August 19th, 2018

Facebook Apologizes After PragerU Says the Social Media Site "Heavily Censored" Its Videos

Summary from the AllSides News Team

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 PragerU
Facebook Gives No Explanation For Censoring Conservative Educational Site PragerU

The 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 Videos
Facebook Apologizes to PragerU, Restores Banned Videos

The 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 it
PragerU claims it is being ‘heavily censored’ by Facebook — and they have evidence to prove it

Blaze Media

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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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