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If you look closely you'll find that group is trying to draw attention to election irregularities.

Facebook is not an arbiter of truth, it's a platform for staying in contact with others. And as such shouldn't have an opinion either way.

Once it steps outside of that role it's on a hiding to nothing as all sides will find fault - as they are.

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Um... are they looking in to voter intimidation? showing up at polling stations with guns? blue dots on houses? Republican voter fraud? Something tells me they are not.

As far as I know, you can form groups about that too. Or at least you should be able to.

And if those groups form, and they plan kidnapping governors or running around town with guns I hope they are quickly shut down.

Facebook provides a service that people use. Improving the likelihood of finding accurate information may increase people's likelihood of using it. Taking down groups decreases that likelihood. Which is more important isn't always clear

> If you look closely you'll find that group is trying to draw attention to election irregularities.

Have they actually pointed any irregularity?

I see a lot of Trump fanatics parroting blatantly false and baseless claims involving all sorts of convenient irregularities, but so far I've seen zero actual evidence supporting any of the claims.

If there is indeed a massive wave of election fraud then where's the evidence?

Yes and QAnon claims to #SaveTheChildren. It doesn't mean they're actually making good faith efforts. Specifically, facebook mentions calls to violence.

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