Several Facebook users have taken to the platform to complain that their posts about convict rapist Brock Turner — whosetreatmentandsentencinghas drawnwidespread critique — have disappeared .
Here are a few recent examples :
The meme in question come out to be this one , which wasalso posted to Imgurabout two days ago :
It seem that these drug user all shared the same post , which has now disappeared . While superposable memes can still be found on Facebook ( here , here , andhere , for example ) and have been shared thousands of times , Facebook confirmed to Gizmodo that at least one original office ( which was then re - shared an unknown number of times ) was removed .
“ This content was removed in error , and we are presently working to restore it . Our team serve millions of report each week , and we sometimes get thing incorrect . We ’re very sorry about this mistake , ” a Facebook spokesperson sound out in a statement .
The platform’scommunity monetary standard dictatethat it does not tolerate intimidation or molestation of private individuals , but that it does “ leave you to speak freely on matters and mass of public interest . ” grant to the spokesperson , the removal may have stemmed from confusedness over Turner ’s public versus private condition : he was ab initio classed as a private someone , but the hubbub over his late sentencing has drawn him into the public firmament .
For some Facebook users , however , the removal was simply grounds of more of the same . “ I think it ’s further grounds that certain masses have exclusive right , and they can get their needs met , ” Emilee Mainali , whose meme post disappear yesterday , tell Gizmodo when get through by headphone today . “ There ’s this white male privilege crap machine that ’s definitely drive that jalopy . ”
“ Most raper are n’t caught because they ’re not caught doing it . As a woman , I am outraged at this opinion — but on top of all that , then for Facebook to get involve , [ and ] I ’m not even really appropriate to say how I palpate about it ? ” she added . “ We do need to have a voice , we involve to recommend for ourselves . ”
Facebook ’s spokesperson reassert to Gizmodo that the banner squad was working on furbish up the original subject matter , and that it would endeavor to ensure that future posts persist in place .
Update 6:29 p.m. : accord to a few of the users , the original post is now back and can be foundhere .
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