Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial, Reversing Earlier Policy

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his thinking has «evolved on how to balance free speech and the harms of Holocaust denial.





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Facebook has been under increased pressure to act more aggressively on hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content. The company has recently strengthened its rules to prohibit anti-Semitic stereotypes, and banned accounts related to militia groups and QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory movement.

This summer, a group of Holocaust survivors, organized by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, launched a social media campaign urging Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust denial from Facebook.

On Monday, the group tweeted: «Survivors spoke! Facebook listened.

Editor’s note: Facebook is among NPR’s financial supporters.

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