Facebook blocks Chechnya activist page in latest case of wrongful censorship
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/facebook-chechnya-political-activist-page-deleted
The barring of a non-terrorist group for ‘terrorist activity’ sparks debate – again – about how overloaded moderators can handle content fairly and accurately Facebook censored a group of supporters of Chechen independence for violating its community standards barring “organizations engaged in terrorist activity or organized criminal activity”, the latest example of the social network mistakenly censoring government dissidents. The Facebook group, Independence for Chechnya !, was “permanently (...)