Nemiah Felipe Mitchell
Case #
3911

Facebook censors user for a political cartoon about socialism: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his Facebook censorship notice. He had posted a political cartoon in November 2020 showing a guy trying to stick a giant fork labeled "Socialism" into an electric socket labeled "The Economy." His friend says "Everyone else who tried this has gotten hurt," and he replies "Everyone else did it the wrong way." According to the screenshot, Facebook found it to violate one of its Community Standards a year and a half later, saying that "[t]here are certain kinds of posts about suicide or self-injury that we don't allow on Facebook, because we want to promote a safe environment. You can learn more about this in our Community Standards. If you're going through a difficult time, we want to share ways you can find support." This political cartoon was obviously not about suicide or self-injury, but Facebook's AI algorithm can't understand humor, satire, context, metaphors or nuance. The user's account was also suspended from posting for 24 hours.

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