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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/26/iipaurd90snntxtirs9d-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440Facebook has admitted that it briefly blocked links to Wikileaks files containing internal Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails. The block seems to be the result of another algorithm accident that may have incorrectly determined the links to be malicious or spam.