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One Step Forward, Another Step Backward

Facebook, the social media leviathan, has taken one step forward but another step backward with its dual decision to evict several extremists from its platform while permitting Holocaust deniers to carry on as usual. Facebook’s schizophrenic position is senseless and maddening. On May 2, in accordance with its policy of banning “dangerous individuals and organizations” […]

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Facebook Faces Reality

Facebook, the social network hegemon, has finally come to its senses. Within the next few days, Facebook and the company it owns, Instagram, are expected to ban or delete existing white nationalist posts. Facebook, with 2.3 billion monthly active users, made this known on March 27: “Today we’re announcing a ban on praise, support and representation […]