Maybe they should rename it FascistBook. A bunch of “open-minded progressives” have been attempting censor Palin’s comments on the plan to build a mosque near the WTC site. And, this morning, her Facebook post on the controversy disappeared:
Sarah Palin’s attack on plans to build a mosque two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center vanished from Facebook amid an online campaign to brand it ‘hate speech.’
It didn’t take long, after Palin’s people alerted the media, for Facebook to put the post back up. But I have to say that I’m not entirely sure I buy the explanation provided by the company spokesman:
The [Palin post] in question did not violate our content standards but was removed by an automated system. We’re always working to improve our processes and we apologize for any inconvenience this caused.
I guess it’s possible that this is the real explanation. But, considering some of the censorship that Facebook has abetted in the past, I tend to be skeptical. Would the post have been reinstated if you or I had written it?
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