Facebook shuts New Zealand party’s page over coronavirus ‘misinformation’
15 October 2020 - 09:14
Wellington/Bengaluru — Facebook shut down the page of a fringe New Zealand political party on Thursday, days before a general election, for sharing what the company called misinformation about the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The newly formed Advance NZ Party’s page was taken off because of “repeated violations” of Facebook’s policy on misinformation about the virus that could lead to imminent physical harm, Facebook said...
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