WARSAW, Ohio — After a Christian video blogger’s account was frozen by Facebook over a post about homosexuality, Facebook has come back and apologized, saying that it made an “error.”
The page of Elizabeth Johnston, an Ohio mother who homeschools her 10 children, was suspended Feb. 9 because of a comment she had posted more than six months ago about the Bible’s condemnation of homosexuality.
Johnston runs a popular page and blog called “The Activist Mommy,” and the comment, which didn’t use name-calling, was in response to a user’s argument on her page that Christians are hypocrites for their views on homosexuality.
Facebook sent Johnston a message informing her that her post was removed because “it didn’t follow the Facebook Community Standards,” according to The Christian Post. Facebook also froze her account for three days.
After she was able to log back in, she explained to followers what had happened and included the #FacebookCensorsBible hashtag. Soon after, Facebook removed that post and suspended her account a second time.
After widespread media coverage, Facebook apologized Feb. 23.
“Our team processes millions of reports each week and we sometimes get things wrong. … We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused,” a Facebook spokesperson wrote. (TAB)
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