Today is Thursday, February 11th, 2021. Here’s what you need to know:
Good morning,
Facebook announced Wednesday that it will temporarily show a select group of users less political content on News Feed for users in certain countries.
This announcement follows another from last month, when Facebook stated that they will no longer recommend political groups to users following the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. Facebook was used as a platform to organize the riot and these actions have been a response to that event.
This announcement continues the debate on freedom of speech on digital platforms and social media services. With the removal of Parler last month from digital distribution platforms, the alt-right and conservative demographics feel as if their speech is being targeted. Companies such as Facebook and Google state their reasoning behind this decision is to stop their platforms from being used to organize violent gatherings.
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