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Facebook sued over warning labels on anti-vaccine posts
Bloomberg | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Published on: Aug 18, 2020 06:04 am IST
Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit advocacy group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., filed the complaint Monday in federal court in northern California.
Facebook Inc.’s practice of putting fact-checking warning labels on anti-vaccination posts triggered a lawsuit accusing the social media company of censorship.
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Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit advocacy group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., filed the complaint Monday in federal court in northern California.
The warning labels “appear to flag disinformation, but in reality censor valid and truthful speech,” according to the complaint.
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