13. oktobur 2020 skrivaði Mark Zuckerberg á Facebook, at nú fóru tey at bannað greinar og tilfar, sum sáa iva um Holocaust ella púra avnoktað at Holocaust nakrantíð hendi.

- Tá fólk leita á Facebook eftir Holocaust, verða tey nú víst til tekst og tilfar hjá myndugleikum við røttum upplýsingum, sigur Zuckerberg.

Orsøkin til hesa avgerð er, at verja ung fólk í einum vandamiklum tíðarráki, sigur Monika Bickert, sum varar av innihaldi á Facebook: ”the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally and the alarming level of ignorance about the Holocaust, especially among young people”.

Zuckerberg, sum sjálvur er jødi, hevur fyrr sagt, at Facebook er ein fríur pallur, sum er opin fyri øllum sjónarmiðum. Tí hevur hann ikki hildið tað verið neyðugt at bannað følskum upplýsingum um Holocaust.

Her er skrivið hjá Mark Zuckerberg:

“Today we're updating our hate speech policy to ban Holocaust denial.

We've long taken down posts that praise hate crimes or mass murder, including the Holocaust. But with rising anti-Semitism, we're expanding our policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust as well. If people search for the Holocaust on Facebook, we’ll start directing you to authoritative sources to get accurate information.

I've struggled with the tension between standing for free expression and the harm caused by minimizing or denying the horror of the Holocaust. My own thinking has evolved as I've seen data showing an increase in anti-Semitic violence, as have our wider policies on hate speech. Drawing the right lines between what is and isn't acceptable speech isn't straightforward, but with the current state of the world, I believe this is the right balance.”