Facebook takes down, then restores, BART protest page
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Activists organizing a protest set for Friday morning on the underground platform of BART’s Montgomery Street Station in downtown San Francisco called foul Thursday after Facebook shut down the event’s page.
“What side are they really on in terms of people’s free speech and rights?” said Amai Freeman, 23, a spokesman for the organizers of Friday’s protest.
A Twitter account associated with the event — BART Friday: No Business As Usual — said Facebook gave “no reason for the event being deleted” from its site.
The page was restored late Thursday afternoon, and Facebook said the problem was simply administrative.
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