Facebook will ban content that misrepresents the 2020 census

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Facebook has said that they will proactively ban content that could misrepresent the nature and parameters of the upcoming 2020 United States census. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a statement on Sunday, “We’re going to treat next year’s census like an election — with people, policies and technology in place to protect against census interference.”

Sandberg, who recently donated $1 million to the political arm of Planned Parenthood, further stated that the social media giant will enforce their standards using artificial intelligence to remove content that could spread falsehoods about the census that could discourage certain people from participating. They will also forge partnerships with “non-partisan” groups as part of an initiative to promote total participation in the census. A recent Supreme Court decision has left the debate over whether or not there would be a question on the 2020 census about citizenship in flux.

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