JoAnne Rock

Facebook plugin censors comments on another website that uses the platform's software: A user reported that her comment on her local newspaper's website was censored by Facebook because the site uses Facebook's commenting plugin. The user commented on a local news article discussing the rezoning of private land for potential public use. She related her experience of losing property after her former property became a county jail addition. Facebook's commenting plugin deleted her comment claiming it went "against Community Standards." When the user appealed to Facebook, the platform claimed it did not have enough "reviewers available right now because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak." According to the user, the editor of The Batavian "agreed that there was nothing about [the comments] that would warrant censorship...." and [h]e indicated he was not aware that the Plug-In gave Facebook the ability to censor comments on his site."

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