FILE – In this May 25, 2017, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Zuckerberg says his “personal challenge” for 2018 is to fix Facebook. Zuckerberg wrote in a post Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, that he now wants to focus on protecting Facebook users from abuse, defending against interference by nation-states and “making sure that time spent on Facebook is time well spent.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Facebook to ban ‘Stop the Steal’ and remove phrases for ‘causing chaos at the Capitol’

January 11, 2021

Modified January 11, 2021

Facebook will begin removing all content that mentions the phrase “stop the steal,” a full 69 days after Election Day, Your Content is learning.

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