Article 273YV Facebook temporarily bans author after he calls Trump fans 'nasty fascistic lot'

Facebook temporarily bans author after he calls Trump fans 'nasty fascistic lot'

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Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco
from Technology | The Guardian on (#273YV)

Temporary ban of Kevin Sessums, well known for celebrity profiles and memoirs, is latest example of social media platform's censorship of journalists

A journalist was temporarily banned from Facebook after a post in which he called Trump supporters "a nasty fascistic lot", in the latest example of the social media platform's censorship of journalists.

Facebook "reviewed and restored" the post by Kevin Sessums after being contacted by the Guardian and dropped the posting ban.

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