Facebook issued an apology to the Anne Frank Center after removing a post geared at spreading awareness by including an unsettling image of naked children who were victims of the Holocaust.
The post, which was also shared to Twitter, initially appeared last week but was promptly removed.
The Anne Frank Center took the matter up with Facebook on Wednesday and queried why the post had been removed.
"You removed our post promoting the need for Holocaust Education for apparently violating community standards," the center said in a tweet directed at Facebook. "You haven't given us a reason, yet allow Holocaust Denial pages to still exist. Seems a little hypocritical?"
A spokesperson for the Anne Frank Center told Business Insider it was contradictory that their post was removed by Facebook yet the social media platform "continues to allow pages and posts that directly deny the reality of the deaths of more than 6 million people."
The unnamed spokesperson noted that Holocaust denial "dehumanizes people" and made many feel unsafe.
"It violates the very standards Facebook lays out for its users. Yet these hate-filled propaganda pages remain," the spokesperson said.
Facebook offered an apology to the Anne Frank Center, stating that the post had been put back up.
"We don't allow nude images of children on FB, but we know this is an important image of historical significance and we've restored it," the social media giant said on Twitter. "We're sorry and thank you for bringing it to our attention."
Facebook has been facing mounting backlash over censorship as it clamps down on content violating its policies.
Last month, Facebook flagged the Declaration of Independence as hate speech after a Texas community newspaper posted an excerpt to its page in the week leading up to July 4.
In celebration of Independence Day, the Liberty County Vindicator posted the whole declaration to its account but in 12 small, daily bites. When it came to the 10th excerpt, the post did not appear as scheduled.
Instead, the paper received an automated notice from Facebook stating that the post "goes against our standards on hate speech."
The following day the post re-appeared but news of the ordeal had spread far and wide.
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