Facebook blocked a gospel video for being too political. But now ‘Heaven’ song is reaching even more people.
Facebook’s new political crackdown affected a Christian music group last week when the popular social media platform decided to remove a video posted by Zion’s Joy! After facing backlash, it reinstated the video and now the message is reaching more people than ever.
Zion’s Joy! released a video to the song, “What Would Heaven Look Like,” last month on Facebook. The first minute of the video features footage from some of the real-life social unrest in America, including protesters crying, others waving the American flag, folks being carried away in stretchers, along with scenes of demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia.
They sing the words, “I know it might feel like this trouble will stay, but this world will soon fade away.”
The rest of the song is an encouragement to come together in unity because that’s what Heaven will reflect.
The New York Times reported that Facebook cited the footage at the very beginning of the video as the reason for pulling it down because it was recognizable. Facebook labeled it “political” and flagged it.
In a statement, a Facebook said “we made an error by deleting the original post. As soon as we identified what happened, we restored the post since it does not violate our Community Standards and have apologized to Zion’s Joy.”
Facebook did not provide details on why they grouped it under political.