Covid-19: Facebook removes anti-quarantine protest events in some US states


Demonstrators gather to protest against the state’s extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US. Facebook, which has been under pressure to police harmful content and misinformation related to the pandemic, said it would only take down anti-quarantine protest events if they defied government guidelines. — Reuters

Facebook Inc said on April 20 that it has removed events in Nebraska, New Jersey and California promoting protests against stay-at-home measures amid the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

But the social media company, which has been under pressure to police harmful content and misinformation related to the pandemic, said it would only take down anti-quarantine protest events if they defied government guidelines.

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