To head off a potential encore of last week ’s violent uprising , Facebook is block users from create new Facebook events in the vicinity of the White House , the U.S. Capitol building , and any state capitol building through President - elect Joe Biden ’s inaugural on Jan. 20 . It ’s also restricting features for U.S. user found on certain indicators such as repeated insurance policy ravishment .
These metre are intend to keep people from potentially using the political platform to incite fierceness , Facebooksaid Fridayin an updated troupe web log post . Social medium played an integral role in the organization of Jan. 6 ’s attack on Capitol Hill as pro - Trump guerrilla reportedly conspire on the “ free speech”-centeredsocial electronic internet Parler , the chat app Telegram , and thewalkie - talkie app Zelloamong other on-line political platform to coordinate the siege .
Facebook say it ’s block account statement and Page based outside the U.S. from creating events within the country as well , as it did in the lead up to and following the U.S. presidential election . Some U.S. users may also be banned from creating alive videos or consequence , groups , or page “ based on signal such as repeat violation of our policies , ” the society add .
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“ We will continue to supervise and add extra measures as take , ” Facebook articulate .
It should be noted that these far - right conspiratorsweren’t exactly hiding their effortsthe first time around , openly posting to pro - Trump corner of the net and mainstream platform likewise in the weeks chair up to the rebellion . As theWashington Postnotes , more than 100,000 Facebook and Instagram users brand hashtags associate with the front to countermand Biden ’s victory such as “ FightForTrump ” and “ StopTheSteal , ” a reference to thoroughly debunked claim of election fraud peddled by the president and his supporters .
So Facebook ’s latest security measures measures lamentably fall down in phone line withthe company ’s M.O.of implementing welcome butgrievously overdue moderation policies . To wit , Facebook finallybegan snap downwholesale on any subject control the phrase “ lay off the steal ” just in the beginning this hebdomad .
Facebook , along with just about every other social media weapons platform capture host far - right extremist ahead of the attack , has for the most part attempted to understate its role in the whole ordeal . On Monday , chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg claim that the insurrection was “ largely ” organized on other internet services such asParlerandGab , both of which have similarly pointed the blame elsewhere .
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