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Risk to ALL journalists? Fb briefly DISABLES account of reporter who livestreamed armed teams in Louisville

Fb all of the sudden disabled the account of video journalist Ford Fischer as he was protecting armed protest teams Saturday in Louisville, elevating fears that Massive Tech censors are classifying newsgathering as incitement to violence.
Facebook suddenly disabled the account of video journalist Ford Fischer as he was covering armed protest groups Saturday in Louisville, raising fears that Big Tech censors are classifying newsgathering as incitement to violence.

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  2. "Britains competition watchdog has said Giphy and Facebook have five days to offer legally binding proposals to address concerns over their merger deal, which could see the social media giant further monopolize digital adverts". (March 25, 2021)
  3. "Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday it inadvertently blocked some content including a large swathe of charity and state health pages when it imposed a week-long ban on news in a standoff over Australias new media code". (February 24, 2021)
  4. "Iranian media outlet Press TV has condemned Facebook for censorship after its main page was banned on the site yet again, with the platform citing violations of its community standards and stating the move cant be undone". (March 27, 2021)
  5. "A German court has effectively sided with Facebook, overruling a decision by the countrys antitrust watchdog that claimed the social media giant had abused its position to illegally gather user data". (March 24, 2021)
  6. "A group of pro-censorship activists has laid body bags outside Facebooks Washington, DC office, claiming that disinformation on the platform kills. Like the Biden administration, they want Facebook to censor Covid-skeptics". (July 28, 2021)
  7. "Facebook may have breached data protection regulations after the personal information of 533 million of its users was leaked online, Irelands data authority has said, as it announced an investigation into the social media giant". (April 14, 2021)
  8. "Nearly 400 Twitter accounts have been shut down in the latest Silicon Valley banning spree over allegations many are linked to Moscow and work to discredit a US-led military grouping that stages war-games on the country's border". (February 24, 2021)
  9. "Controversialist UK media personality Piers Morgan has announced he's working with Facebook to hunt a person who sent him a "death threat" online, claiming police have turned his house into "Fort Knox". (March 3, 2021)
  10. "Papua New Guineas health minister, Jelta Wong, criticized Facebook on Thursday, claiming the spread of disinformation on the site poses the biggest challenge to tackling rising cases of Covid-19 in the country". (April 1, 2021)
  11. "Facebook has made Nicolas Maduros social media account read only for 30 days, after the Venezuelan president allegedly used the platform to promote a treatment he said could help deal with the coronavirus". (March 27, 2021)
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