{"id":95698,"date":"2020-10-22T20:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-instagram-censor-posts-about-nigeria-protests\/"},"modified":"2020-10-22T20:20:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:20:17","slug":"facebook-instagram-censor-posts-about-nigeria-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-instagram-censor-posts-about-nigeria-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/201022-facebook-nigeria-protest2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Facebook wrongly tagged posts about anti-police brutality demonstrations in Nigeria as fake <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> \u2014 suppressing the content, according to a report Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The social media giant, and its company Instagram, admitted to filtering out hashtags linked to the protests, which intensified after several demonstrators were shot dead by members of the Nigerian military Tuesday, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/jgqeyg\/facebook-is-censoring-protests-against-police-violence-in-nigeria\">according to Vice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>People who tried to share photos and messages with the #EndSARS hashtag \u2014\u00a0 short for Nigeria\u2019s Special Anti-Robbery Squad \u2014 were incorrectly sent an alert saying there is \u201cfalse information in your post,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook rep told VICE News that the #EndSARS hashtag was flagged incorrectly, and the firm was working to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of an issue where some posts in support of #EndSARS are being incorrectly flagged as false in our systems. We are working quickly to resolve this,\u201d the rep said.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what led the hashtag to be labeled as fake.<\/p>\n<p>Protests in the country began raging two weeks ago after a video circulated showing a man being badly beaten by an officer in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Facebook censored a Post expose about the Biden family\u2019s foreign business dealings, sparking a firestorm of criticism.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/22\/facebook-instagram-censor-posts-about-nigeria-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests&#8221; Facebook wrongly tagged posts about anti-police brutality demonstrations in Nigeria as fake news \u2014 suppressing the content, according to a report Thursday. 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