The issue of whether or not controversial, harmful posts should stay up on a social media platform has puzzled content moderators for years. And it’s a question whose answer becomes even less clear when the poster is a government official.

Recently Facebook found itself facing this very issue—and took a significant step in response. This week, the company banned a major government official from its platform for the first time.

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