Civil rights groups: Facebook should protect, not censor, human rights issues

Rights groups such as the ACLU expressed deep concern over censorship in letter to Mark Zuckerberg, particularly when posts are removed at the request of police

A coalition of more than 70 civil rights groups have written to Facebook demanding that the company clarifies its policies for removing content and alleging that it has repeatedly removed posts documenting human rights violations.

In a letter addressed to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the rights groups - including the ACLU, Center for Media Justice, SumOfUs and Color of Change - express deep concern over the censorship, particularly when posts are removed at the request of police.