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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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