Facebook blocks searches of Kyle Rittenhouse, Illinois teen charged with killing 2 in Kenosha

By Andrew Blake | 28 August 2020

THE WASHINGTON TIMES — Facebook has started blocking users from searching its social network for mentions of Kyle Rittenhouse, a teen facing homicide charges over a deadly shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Searches done on Facebook for mentions of Mr. Rittenhouse’s name yielded zero results despite being plentiful on the platform, Rolling Stone first reported Thursday.

Content referring to Mr. Rittenhouse could still easily be found, however, such as by searching for other terms relevant to Tuesday night’s shooting that left two people dead.

Facebook said in a statement Wednesday that it was designating the shooting as a mass murder and was taking steps to prevent users from praising its perpetrator on its platforms.

The company did not immediately return a message inquiring specifically about limiting searches involving Mr. Rittenhouse. […]

3 Comments on Facebook blocks searches of Kyle Rittenhouse, Illinois teen charged with killing 2 in Kenosha

  1. That was a huge fake, his ass didnt kill anyone, his ass is in a fake court now, a fake event. It began to unravel emmediately as phony. Now we get a fake court, with fake judges, fake jails, and fake bs all the time. This shows facebook is in on it as well, a creation that is part of the control.

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