Social media giant Facebook has claimed posts protesting the proposed degazettement of the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve were suspended in error.

“The posts in question were temporarily suspended in error. We have since reinstated the posts as soon as it was brought to our attention,” a spokesperson told Malaysiakini in an emailed response.

The matter came to light after several activists and netizens began taking to other social media platforms last week to question the removal of their posts both on Facebook’s own social networking platform and Instagram, which the former owns...