Facebook drops restrictions on searches, praise for Kyle Rittenhouse

Better Late Than Never: Facebook Finally Removes Restrictions on Praising Kyle Rittenhouse

Tech giant Facebook has lifted restrictions on users praising or searching for the name of Kyle Rittenhouse after he was acquitted of all charges.

Meta reverses policy banning searches for Rittenhouse on Facebook and Instagram

Following Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal last month, Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has reversed its policy banning searches for Kyle Rittenhouse on its apps.

Facebook Parent Meta Reverses Ban of Rittenhouse Searches: Report

Facebook has reversed its crackdown of searches related to Kyle Rittenhouse now that he has been found not guilty. During a national wave of riots in the summer of 2020, teenager Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people in Kenosha, Wis., in self-defense. Meta’s subsidiary platforms Facebook and Instagram ruthlessly impeded conservatives from sharing stories in favor of Rittenhouse or even being able to search his name before the trial was resolved. No…

Facebook removes ban on users searching and praising Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom to hear the verdicts in his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. The jury came back with its verdict afer close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation. (Sean Krajacic/The Ke…

Facebook removes curbs on praise, searches for Kyle Rittenhouse

By Kanishka Singh - Social media platform Facebook has removed restrictions on users praising or searching for the name of Kyle Rittenhouse after a jury acquitted the teenager of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests last year. "After the verdict in Kenosha we rolled back the restrictions we had in place that limited search results from returning

Facebook removes block on searches for Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle Rittenhouse can rejoin Facebook if he wants, after being acquitted of murder charges in November. | Photo by Sean Krajacic - Pool/Getty ImagesFacebook on Wednesday removed a block on searches for the name Kyle Rittenhouse that it had put into place following his arrest for an August 2020 shooting in Wisconsin that left two people dead and a third seriously injured. Last month, a jury in Kenosha acquitted Rittenhouse on all charges. In the d…