February 12, 2021
Facebook says it has significantly reduced distribution of all content on pages and profiles run by the Myanmar military, the Tatmadaw, “that have continued to spread misinformation”. These accounts will not be recommended to people, it said on Thursday.
The rule will apply to Tatmadaw Information Team’s Facebook page and to the spokesperson for the Tatmadaw Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun’s Facebook account, among “other military-run accounts”. The policy will be applied to “any additional pages” that the military “controls” that “repeatedly” violates the platform’s misinformation policies, said Rafael Frankel, Facebook’s Director of Policy for APAC Emerging Countries.
Facebook Announces Plans to Disable Comments During Inauguration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Facebook has released guidelines on what plans will be for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration Wednesday.
The following is a release from the Social Media Giant:
We began preparing for Inauguration Day last year. But our planning took on new urgency after last week’s violence in Washington, D.C., and we are treating the next two weeks as a major civic event. We’re taking additional steps and using the same teams and technologies we used during the general election to stop misinformation and content that could incite further violence during these next few weeks.
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Less than a week before the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, US law enforcement agencies are rushing to avoid a repeat of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
During last week’s event, thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters ransacked the Capitol building in an attempt to prevent legislators from certifying Mr Biden’s election victory.
The rioters failed but their presence inside the symbol of America’s 200-year-old democracy
disturbed the country in ways most never imagined.
Five people died during the riots, including a Capitol Police officer.
The FBI put out an internal bulletin, first reported by ABC, saying all 50 states should expect violence and protests in the week leading up to the inauguration.
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Twitter removes 70,000 QAnon-linked accounts
Facebook also announced Monday that it would be removing content that used the phrase stop the steal ahead of the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20.
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A QAnon sign is seen at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday before supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building in protest to lawmakers certifying elections results that show President-elect Joe Biden had won November s election. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 11 (UPI) Twitter late Monday said it has purged more than 70,000 accounts dedicated to sharing QAnon conspiracy theory content following last week s siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.