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Facebook is reportedly planning changes to how it handles political speech – Source CNET Tech

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Facebook has a mostly hands-off approach to political speech.


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Facebook is reportedly planning changes to how it handles speech from politicians after an oversight board reviewed the social network’s indefinite suspension of former US President Donald Trump.  

The company will no longer presume that a politicians’ post is automatically newsworthy and should be left up by default even if it violates the social network’s rules, The Verge, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Since  at least 2016, Facebook has left…

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