Social media giant Twitter announced Wednesday that it would remove posts denying the Holocaust, in line with its rules on violating hateful conduct policy.
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"Twitter's policy doesn't explicitly state that denying violent events is against the rules, but a spokeswoman confirmed that 'attempts to deny or diminish' violent events, including the Holocaust, would be removed based on the company's interpretation of the policy," the company said, according to financial news agency Bloomberg.
Twitter's move follows that of social media competitor Facebook, which announced Monday that it would remove posts "denying or distorting" the Holocaust.
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg reversed the company's previous position, in which he said that although he vehemently disagreed with the content of such posts, he supported leaving them untouched to protect free speech.
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A combination of a Holocaust survivors' campaign during the summer to pressure Facebook to change its stance, as well as a shocking study that showed a serious lack of knowledge among the so-called Generation Z, 48% of whom nationally, could not name a single concentration camp.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
