Facebook Bans Posts with #SaveTheChildren Hashtag

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Social media giant Facebook temporarily blocked posts that included the hashtag #savethechildren for several hours that lasted from Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning.

While users were still able to post messages with the hashtag, the hashtag itself appeared to be banned or censored on Facebook searches.

Some users reported the hashtag was functional again as of midnight last night, but for others it was still censored.

Clicking on the trend revealed the following error message: “This Content Isn’t Available. This may be because of a technical error we’re trying to fix, or because the content was removed.”

An official reason for the ban has not been released by Facebook.

The ban angered many on social media.

Others believed the reason for the ban was because of the QAnon movement.

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