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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Facebook make to removes EU referendum status suggestions

Facebook has removed pro-Cuti and pro-Fixed a status update from the list of suggestions given to the user.

Facebook make to removes EU referendum status suggestions


On Tuesday, the Berlin-based British political blogger Jon Worth seeing that he had been given the recommended update of "support leaving the EU" - but no one associated with the left.
Facebook said instructions referendum has now been removed from this list, because of the sensitivity of the sound.

Two options are displayed, together, only if a user searches for "European Union".
British public will vote in a referendum on whether Britain should stay in or leave the EU, on 23 June.

When Facebook users post updates to the site, it is possible to receive advice on what to say about what they do or how they feel.

After Mr Worth a look under the advice status updates via the Facebook application on the iPhone, however, one of the options, "support leaving the EU", appears without the other side were left in the EU.

A Facebook spokesman denied allegations that social networks affect the tone of the political debate on the site.

"Those who seek 'EU' when they use the tool status we will look at various options that allow them to add if they are thinking of leaving or staying in the EU," he said.

"People scrolling through the list of events see the selection based on what their friends and other people have used."

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However, similar problems arise in the different lists when looking specifically for a group to support with a status update.

"In the list of 'support', you can choose Leave.EU but you can not select [pro-Fixed option]," s

The BBC confirmed that this is still going on Wednesday morning.
None of the official campaign - Vote Leaves and Britain strong in Europe - included in the list.
According to Facebook, this is because the campaign is not listed in the category "non-profit organization".

the impact of the voter?

"I do not know how many people have really been clicking on the option on Facebook," said Worth.
"Is this somehow be replicated more widely, could it [affect voice]?"

Last month, tech news site Gizmodo has accused Facebook accidentally pressed story with conservative political viewpoint on the Trending Topics his.

The company denied there is any truth claims.

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