Facebook reportedly made an exception to its hate speech policy for Donald Trump

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In a widely criticized move, Donald Trump called Monday for a "complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the U.S. The Republican presidential hopeful had posted a video of him reading the campaign statement on Facebook.

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore reported Trump's statement to Facebook as hate speech, and asked others to do the same.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.