Councilman Francis Touchet Jr. of District B discussed ways to protect schools in Vermilion Parish in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Social media giants censor consumer-generated content millions of times each day, billions each quarter.
Conservatives complain about Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other corporations removing posts, covering them with warnings, blocking their accounts, demonetizing them, or throttling back distribution.
Liberals complain of censors allowing too much conservative content they consider insensitive, dangerous, or inaccurate. The left complains when censors remove posts about or by Black Lives Matter and Antifa.
Colorado Attorney Gen. Phil Weiser leads a multi-state lawsuit that claims Facebook illegally acquired rapidly growing firms to avoid competition and engaged in anticompetitive conduct to undermine the effectiveness of upstart rivals.
Facebook officials dispute antitrust lawsuit filed by Ohio, other states
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Today 10:21 AM In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed at a gathering for startup companies at Paris Station F. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 47 other AGs have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, though representatives of the social-media giant contest the suit s allegations. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File
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COLUMBUS, Ohio As Ohio and other states are accusing Facebook of antitrust violations, representatives of the social-media giant say their company faces plenty of competition and that it should be up to state lawmakers to regulate it on issues such as privacy.
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