How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures

From “Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures:

“Ideology is not, and should not be, a protected class,” a [Facebook] content policy employee who left weeks after the election wrote. “White supremacy is an ideology; so is anarchism. Neither view is immutable, nor should either be beyond scrutiny. The idea that our content ranking decisions should be balanced on a scale from right to left is impracticable … and frankly can be dangerous, as one side of that scale actively challenges core democratic institutions and fails to recognize the results of a free and fair election.”

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