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Murphy Completes Facebook Audit | Afro

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Hate speech, misleading ads, and voter suppression tactics were major concerns of the Facebook civil rights audit, commissioned and released by the company this week. The 89-page probe began two years ago in response to the growing concern for how civil rights are respected and promoted on the […]

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