47,464 talking about this. Zuckerberg had raised the ire of the Claims Conference, based in New York, and others with comments in 2018 to the tech website Recode that posts denying the Nazi annihilation of 6 million Jews would not necessarily be removed. The social media company will invest a total of $1 billion at the facility. Breaking news, watchdog journalism and everything in between. The social media giant plans an additional 100 jobs at the facility, increasing the total workforce to 200. Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. Facebook said it plans to power all its global facilities with renewable energy, primarily by solar power, including the Newton County data center. The new activity will increase the Menlo Park, California-based company’s investment at the site from $750 million to $1 billion. The Anti-Defamation League has reported that incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the U.S. jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year. 3.6K likes. 88,002 talking about this. Facebook will also hire between 1,000 and 2,000 temporary construction workers for the project. The social media network is making a number of changes to their advertising and misinformation policies to “protect the integrity” of the election. The decision comes amid a push by Holocaust survivors around the world over the summer who lent their voices to a campaign targeting Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove Holocaust denial posts from the social media site. Facebook said Thursday it will expand its Newton County data center, hire more workers and boost its total investment at the facility by $250 million. “We plan to temporarily stop running all social issue, electoral or political ads in the US after the polls close on November 3, to reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse,” Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president of integrity, said in a statement. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor - Kevin Riley, Atlanta, GA. 1.5K likes. AJC on Facebook: What you need to know to vote absentee in Georgia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File), Facebook will start directing people to authoritative sources for information about Nazi genocide, A Holocaust smear enters the 14th District race for Congress. Facebook will expand its data center in Newton County, doubling the size of the facility and adding an extra 100 jobs, boosting its investment at the Georgia facility to $1 billion. It will construct three new buildings, adding 1.5 million square feet, boosting the center’s size to 2.5 million square feet. Zuckerberg said in a blog post Monday he believes the new policy strikes the “right balance” in drawing the lines between what is and isn’t acceptable speech. 75,022 talking about this. AJC Photos. AJC Group, Downpatrick. The social media network is making a number of changes to their advertising and misinformation policies to “protect the integrity” of the election. “We are continuing to build on efforts that promote authoritative information about the election.”, In addition, Rosen said Facebook will be removing ads that make “calls for people to engage in poll watching when those calls use militarized language or suggest that the goal is to intimidate, exert control, or display power over election officials or voters.”, The announcement comes after Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of product management, tweeted some clarification on some ads that would previously be banned, including “ads with content that seeks to delegitimize the outcome of an election.”. News from in and around Atlanta, as captured by our photographers. He said he did not think Holocaust deniers were “intentionally” getting it wrong, and that as long as posts were not calling for harm or violence, even offensive content should be protected.