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Facebook deleting posts linking activist groups to Oregon fires – Source CNET Internet News

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A mobile home resident searches through remains after a wildfire destroyed several homes in a mobile home park  in Estacada, Oregon.


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Facebook says it will remove posts that falsely claim deadly wildfires in Oregon were deliberately started by arsonists for both far-right and far-left groups. The move comes as the FBI says its investigations have found the claims to be unsubstantiated.

Facebook, which typically places labels on posts that contain misinformation, said Saturday it’s removing posts “that could lead to imminent harm given the possible risk to human life as the fires rage on.” The social…

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