When it comes to free speech and censorship, Facebook lives in a murky legal area.
Earlier this week, the police department in Everett, Washington, disabled the comment section on its Facebook page after it received increasing amounts of violent and threatening posts over the past several months.
Criticism of the department began to build after a video taken by a woman being arrested went viral.
While it makes sense for police to crack down on posts calling for violence, experts say that government agencies need to be extra careful when preventing users from being able to use their voices.
Like with many content moderation issues for Facebook, there's no clear right answer for how the company or the police should proceed.
No matter what, someone is going to be left angry at the social media giant.
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This Cyber News was published on facecrooks.com. Publication date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 21:43:04 +0000