Facebook has apologized to a small newspaper in Liberty, Texas, for removing a post containing text from the Declaration of Independence — including a phrase that the social media company Let us declare independence from the monarchical presidency Two centuries after defeating King George III, we must issue a new Declaration of Independence. In the lead-up to the Fourth of July holiday, Facebook removed a post containing sections of the Declaration of Independence as hate speech. Stories detailing the incident have been gaining 68 Washington Post 12h State laws designed to preserve access to infertility treatment take effect Tuesday and in the coming months as lawmakers continue to debate their positions on the matter after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling muddled its legality. WASHINGTONPOST.COM In parts of the U.S., a push to protect and expand Historical reenactors read the Declaration of Independence outside the National Archives on July 4, 2014. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) 🕓 Schedule: ️ 4:00 PM: Declaration of Independence reading at The Middleburg Museum and open swim, food trucks, face painting & more at the Middleburg Community- Center ️ 5:45 PM: Kids’ Independence Day Parade lineup at the Middleburg Community-Center (300 W Washington St.) ️ 6:00–9:00 PM: Festivities at the Charter School (101 N Madison St.) - Live music by SOZZLED - Food trucks Washington post-Facebook censored a post for ‘hate speech.’ It was the Declaration of Independence. Posted in r/technology by u/Sobonza • 38 points and 5 comments Like Comment Share Facebook algorithms were apparently alerted to the use of the phrase "Indian savages" in one part of the Declaration of Independence in one scheduled Facebook post in July 2018, and that Where the Declaration was penned, new eyes project an uneasy history Sonya Clark’s “The Descendants of Monticello” celebrates the house where Thomas Jefferson framed America’s independence. Fairfield - As we approach the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Fairfield Museum will periodically share Fairfield’s fascinating connections to significant moments during the American Revolution. On June 28, 1775, George Washington passed through in Fairfield on his way to Massachusetts. Just two weeks earlier, the patriots suffered a loss at the Battle of The Declaration of Independence bears the rhetorical handprint of a generation of Americans who were determined to throw off the yoke of royal tyranny. It also bears a handprint, literally. In the week of America's Independence Day, the algorithms of Facebook decided that the Declaration of Independence was hate speech. Facebook apologized to a small Texas publisher and reinstated a post it removed for hate speech — that happened to be a passage from the Declaration of Independence. The time America almost didn’t declare independence What the Olive Branch Petition suggests about the founders — and Americans today. The Declaration's international reach.How the Declaration of Independence became a beacon to the world The Declaration’s international reach. What if George Washington could see America today?In this powerful and reflective narration, the voice of our first president returns to examine the Declarat In this odd political season — so shallow in rhetoric, so fundamental in consequence — Americans are not only celebrating their nation's independence, but they are also considering its meaning President Donald Trump gives Laura Ingraham a special look at a framed display of the Declaration of Independence that he had moved into the Oval Office. The story about how Facebook had censored one of the United States’ founding texts on the grounds that it was hate speech has traveled around the world. For about 20 minutes Tuesday, NPR traveled back to 1776. To echo its 29-year on-air tradition, the public radio network’s main Twitter account tweeted out the Declaration of Independence, line
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