Civil Rights Groups Urge Facebook To Act Against Discrimination And Voter Suppression

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Mon, 10/21/2019 - 4:57pm

More than 45 civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the Human Rights Campaign, came together to urge Facebook to protect civil rights and address discrimination on its platform.

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