Article 1MTPP Facebook under fire for 'censoring' Kashmir-related posts and accounts

Facebook under fire for 'censoring' Kashmir-related posts and accounts

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Vidhi Doshi in Mumbai
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Facebook has censored dozens of posts and user accounts after the death of a high-profile Kashmiri separatist militant, who was killed by the Indian army earlier this month.

Academics, journalists and the pages of local newspapers are among those who have had photos, videos and entire accounts deleted by Facebook after they posted about recent events in the disputed territory.

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