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Facebook will begin removing all content that mentions the phrase "stop the steal". This comes a full 69 days after Election Day, according to reports at CNN. There have been continued attempts to organize events against the outcome of the US presidential election. Many of them have lead to violence, like the terror attacks on the Capitol recently. "We're taking this additional step in the lead up to the inauguration," says Guy Rosen, Facebook's VP of integrity. "Stop the steal" has become popular among Trump supporters that believe false claims of election fraud.
For months, child welfare organizations have been dealing with the pandemic and its impact on at-risk children. But now, CNN reports workers have a new thorn in their sides: the QAnon conspiracy theory. It casts President Donald Trump as the hero in a fight against the 'deep state' and a sinister cabal of Democratic politicians and celebrities who abuse children. Child abuse hotline workers say believers in such unfounded theories are jamming up the lines, preventing true reports and children in need from getting through. What's more, when QAnon believers invoke the names of reputable organizations in their rhetoric, it tarnishes the good names of child welfare professionals. More than 100 anti-trafficking and child welfare organizations have already published an open letter warning of the dangers QAnon poses to their work.
Hundreds of "yellow vest" protesters begin to march in Strasbourg with screams of "Macron, resignation". The Bas-Rhin prefecture has banned demonstrations in certain areas of the city's historic centre, on the station square and in the vicinity of the European institutions. IMAGES
"Yellow Vest" protesters clash with the police in Strasbourg. IMAGES of clashes
Some "yellow vest" protesters arrive at Champs-Elysées, for a new day of mobilization, a month after the start of their protest movement which has plunged President Emmanuel Macron's government into its biggest crisis. IMAGES
Paris, Mar 23 (EFE) .-(Camera: Mario García) The Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Christophe Deloire, affirmed that Facebook allows conspiracyist theses or hate messages to circulate on its platform with its inaction out of pure commercial and financial interest.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH DELOIRETRANSLATION 1) "Yesterday we filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor's Office for a fraudulent practice against Facebook. That means presentations of an erroneous nature and that lead to error. Unfortunately with Facebook we have extremely strong commitments to the general conditions of use, with communication campaigns saying that we fight against misinformation, that we disseminate reliable information. and on the other hand, the reality of the algorithm that is different. A reality in which conspiracy theses circulate, in which hateful messages are spread massively and particularly against journalists. "2) "What we wanted is to send a signal, to say that Facebook cannot maintain a contradiction between its commitments and reality and that it has to evolve the operation of the algorithm to restrict the spread of hateful messages and disinformation that are now amplified by Facebook's business model. "3) "On the part of Facebook what there is is the commercial interest of the company, a financial interest. If not, Facebook would have taken stronger measures."4) "Ultimately what needs to be achieved is that for some platforms that have such an important power that we have left them is that beyond the judicial risk, there is a risk to their reputation. This complaint also allows us to publicly demonstrate the breach and even the complete contradiction between Facebook's commitments and the reality of how the algorithm works. "
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