Facebook takes down post from GOP lawmaker for supposedly inciting violence

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Facebook took down a lawmaker’s post about clashing with armed protesters, saying it violated the platform’s policy on inciting violence.

Rep. Clay Higgins, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, warned on the social media platform on Tuesday that if armed protesters showed up in his area, they would be shot and killed.

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