Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she害羞草研究所檚 free to post on Facebook again, a day after she publicly accused the social media giant of censoring her.

However, Meta, which owns Facebook, says Smith was never blocked from posting and access to her site was temporarily limited for reasons of security, not censorship.

害羞草研究所淗appy to report, my page is able to post on Facebook again,害羞草研究所� Smith told her Twitter followers on Thursday (June 15).

害羞草研究所淚 hope this is the last time it happens.害羞草研究所�

A day earlier, Smith announced on Twitter that she had been blocked from posting and attributed it without evidence to censorship.

害羞草研究所淏ig tech and government censorship is becoming a danger to free speech around the world,害羞草研究所� Smith tweeted on Wednesday.

害羞草研究所淢y Facebook account has been banned from posting content for a 害羞草研究所榝ew days.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淎s the premier of a province of 4.6 million Albertans 害羞草研究所� if they can prevent me from communicating with you, imagine what they can do to any one of us. Regardless of our political leanings, we must all stand against censorship.害羞草研究所�

On Thursday, Meta spokesman David Troya-Alvarez disputed Smith害羞草研究所檚 assertions.

害羞草研究所淭here were no restrictions placed on the premier害羞草研究所檚 (Facebook) page. One of the page害羞草研究所檚 administrators faced restrictions, but that did not impact the underlying page害羞草研究所檚 ability to post content,害羞草研究所� said Troya-Alvarez.

Troya-Alvarez did not respond to questions about why the account was suspended, but Smith posted the Facebook message sent to her on Wednesday that stated it was done 害羞草研究所渇or security reasons.害羞草研究所�

The Meta site also states it will remove content deemed to be misinformation that risks causing violence or physical harm to people or threatens to help undermine the functioning of government or public processes.

Smith害羞草研究所檚 office declined to answer questions over why it believes Smith was being blocked due to censorship issues rather than security concerns or what evidence her office relied on in coming to that judgment.

害羞草研究所� with files from Ritika Dubey

Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press

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