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- The nation was transfixed on Wednesday by the dramatic and unsettling scenes of Washington DC protests and mob-like behavior that occurred, disrupting Congress' process of certifying President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win.
- One person was shot and died during the chaos and rioting Wednesday in Washington DC.
- Facebook and Twitter took dramatic action to limit content shared by President Trump in response to Wednesday's protests.
Here's one of many depressing indicators of just how bad the DC protests got on Wednesday, temporarily disrupting the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. Things devolved to such a degree that Facebook actually found a spine and did something it pretty much never, ever does, fearing the wrath of its legions of conservative users -- the biggest social network actually took down the bizarre video President Trump shared to his social accounts, in which he at one point told the Trump-loving mob that stormed the US Capitol complex that "We love you. You're very special."
Facebook vice president of integrity Guy Rosen explained in a tweet why the social giant decided to remove Trump's video: "This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump's video. We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence." In an official Facebook company blog post, Rosen along with Facebook vice president of global policy management Monika Bickert went on to explain that the company has been removing content as fast as it can from Facebook's myriad platforms that includes any of the following: Praise of any kind about what's happening in Washington DC today, calls to re-stage violence there, any calls for protests peaceful or otherwise that violate the DC curfew, and videos and photos from the protestors. "At this point," the Facebook executives say in the blog post, "they represent promotion of criminal activity which violates our policies." Later on Wednesday, Facebook confirmed it's blocked President Trump from posting for 24 hours.
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