Facebook has admitted that it blocks links that lead to archives who leaked it Wikileaks and contain the correspondence (e-mail) of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Censorship seems to have occurred once again by mistake as the social network algorithm incorrectly identified connections as malicious or unwanted.
Facebook's Chief Security Officer told Gizmodo that the company has determined the error, following heavy criticism from WikiLeaks.
Of course this is not the first time Facebook has accidentally blocked major events. Earlier this month, the social network removed video showing the death of Philando Castile shortly after being shot by a police officer. Prior to that, the company admitted removed a meme circulated for Stanford's convicted rapist Brock Turner.
Facebook on the other hand wants to be or become the main source of news for its readers. But the company's algorithm "accidentally" serves what it wants or simply restricts access where it does not want.
A spokesman for the company said at Gizmodo:
"As in other services, the systems work anti-spam that flag links and mark documents as unsafe. We quickly fixed this bug on Saturday night.”