WTF MSM!? Facebook ramps up censorship with bans on some privately shared content in Messenger

On Tuesday, conservative artist and meme creator Carpe Donktum launched a new meme repository site called MemeWorld.com. After the announcement, in a private group chat on Facebook Messenger, I tried to share the site and received an error message that stated, “You can’t share this link: memeworld.com.” That means that beyond banning conservative content on its public-facing site, Facebook is banning you from sharing content it finds objectionable with your friends in private messages.

On Wednesday, a Facebook spokesman responded to Blaze Media’s request for comment by linking to the company’s “Community Standards Enforcement Report” and said more information on the particular case would be forthcoming. The report lists categories that content can be banned for. It includes things such as terrorist activities and the ubiquitous catch-all term hate speech.

Moments after Facebook’s initial response to Blaze Media, MemeWorld.com was able to be shared on its platform. Facebook confirmed that “site was blocked in error.” A spokesman was unable to confirm what caused the error and said the company is looking into “what caused the error.”

While that’s an encouraging sign, it doesn’t change the fact that sharing the site was banned not only on Facebook’s public-facing platform, but in a private message in the first place.

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