Ford Fischer

Iconic photo of Kent State massacre, which killed four students and injured nine others who were protesting against the War in Vietnam, given 'sensitive content' interstitial: Ford Fischer is an independent guerilla journalist who has made a name for himself covering protests and civil unrest across the United States. Interestingly, many of Fischer's videos, which are primarily raw footage with little to no commentary, have been censored several times. Facebook retroactively placed a "sensitive content" filter over a post Fischer shared three years earlier of the iconic Kent State massacre image of a woman crying over a man who lay dead in the street. "This post doesn't go against our Community Standards, but it may be sensitive to some people," Facebook stated in its notice alerting Fischer to the sensitive content filter that had been added to his post. Sensitive content interstitials, or filters, require users to click through them in order to view the post. Facebook's VP of Integrity Guy Rosen noted in a call with reporters that "around 95 percent of Facebook users don’t click-through the warning labels to view posts that are labeled for misinformation." 

 

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