Pipeline Protesters Say Facebook Censored Video Of Mass Arrests

Independent news outlet Unicorn Riot, say that at least 20 pipeline protesters were arrested at gunpoint along with medics and two journalists. The group’s live coverage of riot police clashing with protesters at a construction site of the Dakota Access pipeline was blocked by “Facebook’s automated censorship system” Unicorn Riot was in North Dakota Tuesday, covering a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. They said that whenever they tried to post their livestream, Facebook rejected the link as one that “our security systems detected to be unsafe.” The link has since been restored and is now visible on the groups page, but a spokesperson for Unicorn Riot believes the livestream was censored. RT reports: The crude oil pipeline is the subject of protest, in part, because environmentalists and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe claim its construction is destroying sacred sites and natural resources or risks damaging them. In an emailed statement to RT, a member of the Unicorn Riot said, “our collective members immediately noticed that the full Livestream event URL (https://livestream.com/unicornriot/events/6340986) was being blocked from Facebook.” “Posts and comments with the URL both immediately triggered popup security alerts,” the team member continued. “We tried putting the same URL through [...]

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