Social media companies must ensure unbiased policing
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Social media companies are increasingly regulating political speech in the United States and their biggest and common target is President Donald Trump.
On Thursday, Trump tweeted a video, showing two toddlers, one black and one white, running around. Through the video, he wanted to show how the American media allegedly twists the facts on racism.
Another social media giant Facebook has removed a number of posts and ads run by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that featured a symbol used by the Nazis for violating its “policy against organised hate”.
"We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate. Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group's symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol," Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesperson said.
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These events mark another flashpoint in the increasingly contentious debate on political disinformation.
Facebook and Twitter have massive reach and they've become engines of the narrative. Both social media companies have the potential to influence political outcomes. Censorship is a double-edged sword, and Twitter and Facebook must call out both sides for harmful content.