GNews.com
Case #
2735

Facebook has put a sharing restriction on GNews.org, a news organization very critical of the Chinese government: GNews.org is a news organization very critical of the Chinese government and the way western countries have handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Users who attempt to share articles from the site on Facebook are met with a restriction warning that reads "[y]our post couldn't be shared, because this link goes against our Community Standards." Users who try to send content from the news site through Facebook Messenger are met with a similar message claiming that the app "couldn't send" the message. It is unclear when Facebook's sharing restrictions on the site began.

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Sharing Restriction
Facebook
Reduced Distribution
X / Twitter
Visibility Limited
X / Twitter
Visibility Limited
X / Twitter
Visibility Limited
X / Twitter
Sharing Restriction
X / Twitter
Sharing Restriction
X / Twitter
Sharing Restriction
Facebook
Fact Check
Facebook