Facebook still has Holocaust denial content three months after Mark Zuckerberg pledged to remove it

CLOSE Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. (Oct. 12) AP DomesticHolocaust denial content remains on Facebook three months after pledging to ban all content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.”That’s according to a new report from the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), which gave Facebook a “D” for its efforts.ADL’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the report released Wednesday on Holocaust Remembrance Day shows that Facebook and other major social media platforms are “still struggling to address anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial effectively.” Among the pieces of content cited by the ADL that Facebook did not take down: a post promoting an anti-Semitic video that claims to expose “lies” about the Holocaust and a private Facebook group dedicated to “Holocaust Revisionism.”Facebook removed the content after being contacted by USA TODAY.Facebook Trump ban: Facebook refers Donald Trump indefinite suspension after Capitol attack to oversight board which could overturn it’Burn down DC’: Violence that erupted at Capitol was incited by pro-Trump mob on social media“We don’t agree – we’ve made major progress in fighting Holocaust denial on Facebook by implementing a new policy prohibiting it and enforcing against these hateful…
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