Facebook CSO responds to claim Wikileaks links to DNC emails were blocked

The day after Wikileaks dumped more than 19,000 leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee, the organization claimed on Twitter that Facebook was censoring links to the material.

The Wikileaks website, notorious for hosting leaked government and corporate documents, released the haul Friday. The emails contain reams of correspondence between Democratic Party officials. They have made headlines for offering a behind-the-scenes look at the split between the DNC and former presidential hopeful, SenBernie Sanders.

On Saturday, people began to share screenshots on Twitter that appeared to show Facebook blocking certain links to the DNC email haul. The error messages said links had been "detected to be unsafe." Read more...