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Facebook Flags New York Post Article About Trump Voters As ‘Spam’
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Facebook appears to have flagged a New York Post article about supporters of President Donald Trump as “spam.”
Post columnist Salena Zito published an article Wednesday evening explaining why Trump supporters are unlikely to care about the criminal convictions of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
Facebook removed Zito’s post after she shared it on the website, she said Thursday.
“I’ve received nine separate messages from readers telling me the same thing has happened to them,” Zito noted on Twitter.
So this is interesting…@facebook took down my post of my reporting for the @nypost — I’ve received nine separate messages from readers telling me the same thing has happened to them. ‘sup @facebook ?https://t.co/dCwG9HQiJI
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) August 23, 2018
Facebook restored Zito’s Facebook post shortly after The Daily Caller News Foundation contacted a company spokeswoman, who promptly responded to say that Facebook would look into the matter.
Facebook has yet to provide Zito an explanation for why it removed her post, but some of her readers reported receiving messages from the social media company claiming the article looks “like spam and doesn’t follow our Community Standards.”
Zito shared the example below with TheDCNF:
Before Facebook restored Zito’s post — but after TheDCNF reached out for comment — this reporter was able to share a link to the story on his personal Facebook page but without the headline, photo and sub-headline that typically accompany such posts, significantly reducing its visibility.
This isn’t the first time that Facebook has inaccurately flagged right-of-center articles as “spam.”
Readers of The Daily Caller in April were blocked from sharing a story on the lost-and-found text messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Facebook blamed its “spam” algorithm for the suppression, which it said was in error.
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