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Eugene

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1. Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation

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Tue Sep 22, 2020, 03:28 AM

Sep 2020

Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation (The Guardian)

Facebook blames mistake in system for restrictions on groups including Greenpeace USA

Facebook has suspended the accounts of several environmental organizations less than a week after launching an initiative it said would counter a tide of misinformation over climate science on the platform.

Groups such as Greenpeace USA, Climate Hawks Vote and Rainforest Action Network were among those blocked from posting or sending messages on Facebook over the weekend. Activists say hundreds of other individual accounts linked to indigenous, climate and social justice groups were also suspended for an alleged “intellectual property rights violation”.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/22/facebook-climate-change-environment-groups-suspended

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Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation Eugene Sep 2020 #1

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