Declaration of Independence Flagged as Hate Speech by Facebook

Declaration of Independence Flagged as Hate Speech by Facebook

6 years ago
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http://www.newsweek.com/facebook-flagged-declaration-independence-hate-speech-1008815

Facebook was forced to apologize to a local publisher in Texas this week for removing a post containing text from the Declaration of Independence after classifying it as “hate speech.”

Casey Stinnett, managing editor of the Liberty County Vindicator, said that the social network had complained about an update featuring paragraphs 27-31 of the historic U.S. document. His outlet was posting bite-size sections in the lead up to the July 4 celebrations on Wednesday but received a notice from Facebook the day prior saying the words had violated its “standards on hate speech.”