Zero Hedge is a favorite on Wall Street, known for its anti-establishment, bearish slant on finance. The website says Facebook censored its content.
Libertarian financial commentary site Zero Hedge says its posts have been banned from Facebook for contravening"community standards."
Zero Hedge users said they were unable to post articles from the website to Facebook, which prompted claims of censorship. The anti-establishment Zero Hedge posts articles under the moniker Tyler Durden, a nod to the anarchic 1999 film"Fight Club."they were unable to post the site's links on Facebook, prompting Zero Hedge to claim Facebook is censoring its content.an image of a Facebook popup message, which said one particular article"couldn't be shared, because this link goes against our Community Standards.
"We were especially surprised by this action as neither prior to this seemingly arbitrary act of censorship, nor since, were we contacted by Facebook with an explanation of what 'community standard' had been violated or what particular filter or article had triggered the blanket rejection of all Zero Hedge content," the founder"Tyler Durden"The Durden pseudonym used on the site is a nod to Brad Pitt's character in the anarchic 1999 film"Fight Club,"...
Facebook has not yet replied to a request for comment from Business Insider on the issue, but the social-media giant has been cracking down on fake news under pressure from
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