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The image was also captioned: > Had a hell of a time trying to post this the old fashion way. FB would not > let me save and post. If by any chance you get this pass it around before > they take it off. This is what the post looked like on Facebook: Here is the image in question: ![\\"mypeopledidsomething.jpg\\"](\\" thumb-900x986-3061409.jpg\\") Here is the real quote by Omar, made on March 23, 2019: It is clear she says \"some people did something\", not \"my people did something\". She was talking about how all muslims were eyed suspiciously after \"some of them\" conducted the biggest terror attack ever on U.S. soil. These comments caused quite the controversy at the time as they appeared to minimize the events of 9/11 but that is a different discussion. The important point in this case is that she did not say \"my people\". In a democracy it is perfectly fine to oppose everything Ilhan Omar stands for but there is no need to make up false quotes to do it. Saying they were \"her people\" would technically not even make sense: Omar is of Somali descent and the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon. They did not even come from the same continent as Omar. Unless one would define an entire religion with every branch and sect in it as \"a people\", but again, that is a different discussion. And not relevant here either because Omar did not say \"my people\" to begin with. Note that posting inaccurate quotes attributed to politicians is perfectly allowed by Facebook\'s Community Standards and they won\'t remove a post for that reason: > Reducing the spread of false news on Facebook is a responsibility that we > take seriously. We also recognize that this is a challenging and sensitive > issue. We want to help people stay informed without stifling productive > public discourse. There is also a fine line between false news and satire or > opinion. For these reasons, we don\'t remove false news from Facebook but > instead, significantly reduce its distribution by showing it lower in the > News Feed. Facebook does work with third party fact checkers (like Lead Stories) to add notes with additional information to posts containing false information. > ![\\"](\\"\\"/) > > Maarten Schenk is the co-founder and COO/CTO of Lead Stories and an expert > on fake news and hoax websites. 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Ilhan Omar said My people did something in relation to the 911 terror attacks