Facebook reportedly skirted its own rules to protect conservatives from disciplinary measures
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Over the past several months, conservative groups- including associates of President Trump- were often not penalized by Facebook for violating its rules because people at the company worried about the perception of anti-conservative bias, The Washington Post reported.
The Post examined posts and ad spending along with internal Facebook documents. It found accounts that included Donald Trump Jr. and a pro-Trump super PAC were shielded from the platform's most serious enforcement actions. For instance, according to the Post, Facebook removed a strike against Trump Jr. on Instagram - which is owned by Facebook- that would have led to him being labeled a repeat offender" and could have meant a permanent ban under platform rules.
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