Facebook censors a newspaper's use of famous historical photo

Facebook censors a newspaper's use of famous historical photo

Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of an abuse of power after Facebook censored one of the most famous images of the Vietnam war from Facebook.

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Facebook censored the use, by Norway’s largest newspaper, of a very famous historical photo from the Vietnam war, taken by a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer.
Facebook then censored the prime minister of Norway when she posted the censored photo on her own Facebook page.
As Facebook is becoming the leading way in which people (44% in the US) receive “news” (much of it fake news, which is another problem), Facebook’s ability to censor and control what the public sees is Orwellian.
Similarly, Facebook permits outright falsehoods to be shared widely across Facebook to millions of people every day. Facts are censored, and falsehoods are promoted on Facebook.
UPDATE: Facebook has backtracked on this and promises yet again to review their policies and may be fire some staff or something.
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