Facebook to ban content that denies or distorts the Holocaust

Ive struggled with the tension between standing for free expression and the harm caused by minimizing or denying the horror of the Holocaust, said Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, in a Facebook post on Monday.

The social media company said that, starting later this year, it would also direct people searching for terms associated with the Holocaust or its denial to credible information off Facebook.

For several years, the World Jewish Congress has advocated for Facebook to remove Holocaust denial content from its platform, that group said in a statement.

This summer, civil rights groups organized a widespread Facebook advertising boycott to try to pressure social media companies to act against hate speech on their platforms.

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has also pushed for Facebook to ban Holocaust denial content and has called for Zuckerberg to meet with survivors through its #NoDenyingIt social media campaign.