Facebook Apologizes for ‘Mistakenly’ Removing Conservative Nonprofit PragerU’s Videos

Facebook Apologizes for ‘Mistakenly’ Removing Conservative Nonprofit PragerU’s Videos
Dennis Prager, co-founder of PragerU, at Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif., on July 30, 2017. Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Politicon
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Facebook severely penalized PragerU, a nonprofit organization that produces conservative educational videos, only to remove the penalties and apologize a day later, after saying the sanctions were a mistake.

On Aug. 17, PragerU social-media influencer Will Witt posted a screenshot on his Facebook page indicating that whatever PragerU posted on Facebook after 9 p.m. on Aug. 16 had been shown to virtually none of its more than 3 million followers.
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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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