Facebook says will remove content to mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impact

Facebook has updated its Terms of Service to say the social media giant can remove or restrict access to users’ content, services, or information if it determines that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to the company.

The update will be effective October 01, 2020.

The changes in Terms of Service come despite growing criticism of Facebook’s content moderation policy that is allegedly influenced by employees’ political leanings and the company’s business considerations in globally and India.