WaPo: “Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged in a video post Friday that the company erred by not taking down an event listing for a militia groups that encouraged armed civilians to defend the streets of Kenosha, Wis., from civil unrest before the fatal shooting of two people this week.” Zuck described the failure as, “largely an operational mistake.” It may have been an operational mistake, but outrage on the platform is quite obviously a strategic goal.

+ Buzzfeed: A Kenosha Militia Facebook event asking attendees to bring weapons was reported 455 times. Moderators said it didn’t violate any rules. (This is just way too much power to be held in the hands of the boy king of a virtual empire.)

+ NYT: ‘But I Saw It on Facebook’: Hoaxes Are Making Doctors’ Jobs Harder.