On the first anniversary of Facebook’s announcement of a ban on Holocaust denial, content pushing the false claim that the Nazi genocide was a hoax remains rife on the platform, according to a new Anti-Defamation League (ADL) report released on Tuesday.
The report observed that while Facebook had taken steps to remove the offending content, significant “cracks in enforcement” remained.
During October and November, ADL researchers conducted extensive searches on Facebook to find content that violated the ban on Holocaust denial. The researchers “flagged the antisemitic speech using the platforms’ built in reporting mechanism, flagging the offensive content through an individual user’s account.”
However, the ADL said, “as of Nov. 29, Facebook had only replied to concerns about one of the posts flagged, which called the Holocaust a fraud, and indicated that the post was not in violation of its hate speech policy.”
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According to the report, “while dedicated groups have been removed and one search term limited, Holocaust denial content remains on the platform.” The ADL discovered that the majority of Holocaust denial posts still accessible were posted prior to the October 2020 ban, yet never subsequently removed. Additionally, the ADL found “multiple instances of Holocaust denial content posted after the policy went into effect.”
The report noted that...
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