September 1, 2020 10:00 am
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/9/1/21408650/facebook-kenosha-guard-policy-moderation-public-report
What Facebook should do about its Kenosha problem
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Today let’s talk about the controversy around a militia organizing on Facebook, the violence that followed, and where that leaves the company heading into this week’s planned visit by the president to Kenosha, WI, threatening to stoke more unrest.
Kenosha police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back last week, leading to protests in the city. Two people were killed and a third was injured in a shooting during one of the protests, and a 17-year-old has been charged in connection with the shootings.
The afternoon before the murders, a 3,000-member Facebook group calling themselves the Kenosha Guard had advertised an event on Facebook encouraging an armed response to the unrest. It was taken down after the shooting. My colleague Russell...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/9/1/21408650/facebook-kenosha-guard-policy-moderation-public-report
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