Why did Facebook delete JCPS posts congratulating new black principals?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Questions on racial bias persist after Fb deleted JCPS posts honoring new black principals.

In current weeks, the college district congratulated 11 new principals. 5 of the principals are black and all 5 noticed their posts deleted by Fb.

Posts for the white principals had been allowed to stay.

“And when the image was taken down,” new W.E.B. Dubois principal Monica Hunter stated. “When the accolades had been taken down, it robbed me of that second to rejoice and be enthusiastic about what I had deliberate to do with our students as a result of it was simply that second the celebration stopped.”

“All they stated was your posts violate group requirements on spam.  That’s it,”  Carolyn Callahan, JCPS Chief of Communications stated.  “So we may by no means get some other message from them on what precisely that meant. What we may’ve performed in another way. We by no means bought that response.”

A message from Fb on the JCPS web page stated, “We’ve got these requirements to forestall issues like false promoting, fraud and safety breaches. In case your content material goes towards our Group Requirements once more, your account could also be restricted or disabled. You may disagree with the choice in case you suppose we bought it improper.”

JCPS stated the affected posts have since been restored.

A Meta spokesperson responded to a request for remark and stated, “These posts had been mistakenly eliminated by our automated system. We sincerely remorse the error and are trying into the way it occurred.”

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