Facebook Admits 'Accidental' Censorship In Historic Trump Photo After Assassination Attempt (Google is just as bad.)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is
rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a
bullet
Meta Platforms, Inc., the tech giant
and parent company of Facebook and Instagram, admitted to “accidentally”
censoring a historic photo of a bloodied Donald Trump with his fist in
the air after a failed assassination attempt on July 13th came close to taking his life.
Facebook posts showcasing the historic image were initially flagged
as “misinformation,” claiming that the image was altered. The
explanation on the site accompanied with the flagging of the post
stated, “Independent fact-checkers reviewed a similar photo and said it
was altered in a way that could mislead people.”
Dani Lever, a spokesperson for Meta, made a statement on Monday
claiming that the controversial fact check was indeed “an error.”
She went on to say that their systems were flagging a different
doctored version of the photo that depicted Secret Service agents
smiling, and because of the similarity between the two images, it
happened to also flag the real photograph.
“This was an error. This fact check was initially applied to a
doctored photo showing the secret service agents smiling, and in some
cases our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo.
This has been fixed and we apologize for the mistake,” Lever wrote on X
(Twitter).
However, many popular X accounts weren’t buying Lever’s explanation,
with one user writing: “Does the job of lying shill ever get old?”
“Yeah, NO ONE believes you,” another user stated.
This
was an error. This fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo
showing the secret service agents smiling, and in some cases our
systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo. This has
been fixed and we apologize for the mistake. https://t.co/y613GuuJpV
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