Facebook has admitted to mistakenly censoring a viral image of former President Donald Trump taken after the assassination attempt on July 13 in Pennsylvania. The controversial image, which shows Trump defiantly raising his fist while bleeding, was flagged as misinformation by Meta’s Facebook. Adding to the issue, Meta’s AI chatbot incorrectly labeled the assassination attempt as “fictional” in some responses.
The censorship sparked outrage when a Facebook user named ‘End Wokeness’ reported facing threats of deplatforming for sharing the real image. ‘End Wokeness’ highlighted the irony of Facebook’s actions, pointing out that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had praised the image just days earlier. The post quickly gained traction, amassing over 884,000 views within 15 hours.
Metaspokesperson Dani Lever apologized for the error on social media, stating that the fact-checking system mistakenly flagged the real photo due to its initial application to a doctored image. “This has been fixed and we apologize for the mistake,” …