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Facebook is being sued by a Polish drug prevention group over free speech violation

Facebook’s efforts to close down destructive and malicious content material on its platform have landed it in a European court, after an anti-drug abuse group in Poland claimed that a freeze on its Facebook Pages is a violation of its rights to free speech. The Civil Society Drug Policy Initiati…
Facebook’s efforts to shut down harmful and malicious content on its platform have landed it in a European courtroom, after an anti-drug abuse organization in Poland claimed that a freeze on its Facebook Pages is a violation of its rights to free speech. The Civil Society Drug Policy Initiati…

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Author: Ingrid Lunden

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