Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal' -- Update
12 Janvier 2021 - 12:31AM
Dow Jones News
By Sarah E. Needleman
Facebook Inc. said it is removing all content mentioning "stop
the steal, " a phrase popular among supporters of President Trump's
unproven claims of election fraud, as part of a raft of measures to
stem misinformation and incitements to violence on its platform
ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
The social-media giant said Monday that it would uphold its
decision last week to suspend Mr. Trump from posting for at least
two weeks, with Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg saying at the time
that the risks of the president using Facebook during this period
were too great. The company also said Monday that it would continue
to pause all U.S. ads about politics or elections, including those
from Mr. Trump.
"With continued attempts to organize events against the outcome
of the U.S. presidential election that can lead to violence, and
use of the ['stop the steal'] term by those involved in Wednesday's
violence in DC, we're taking this additional step in the lead up to
the inauguration," Facebook said in a blog post. "It may take some
time to scale up our enforcement of this new step but we have
already removed a significant number of posts."
Facebook is among several prominent tech companies -- including
Twitter Inc., Snap Inc., Reddit Inc. and others -- that have taken
steps in recent days to silence the president's personal accounts
or online communities devoted to him, citing rules prohibiting
content that incites violence. The moves followed the deadly attack
on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday by a mob of Trump supporters, who
stormed the building after the president and his allies urged them
to march on it as lawmakers convened inside to certify Mr. Biden's
Electoral College victory.
In addition, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s
Google each halted support for the social-media service Parler,
which had been soaring in popularity among conservatives and other
right-wing users and is known for its loose rules for posting
content.
Write to Sarah E. Needleman at sarah.needleman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 11, 2021 18:16 ET (23:16 GMT)
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