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This has been a systemic issue reported on for years; e.g. reported by the Intercept in 2017 [1] and Atlantic in 2019 [2]. Not really made clear from the story considering the Economist headline is almost identical to the Atlantic one.

[1]https://theintercept.com/2017/11/02/war-crimes-youtube-faceb...

[2]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/facebook-a...