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Kenosha Shooting Tests Facebook's New Rule Against Militia Groups

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it was “an operational mistake” to permit a militia page calling on people to bring guns to a protest last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where a 17-year-old with a rifle allegedly killed two protesters. The incident has renewed longstanding questions about Facebook’s enforcement of rules against inciting violence.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley correspondent for the Washington Post.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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