Facebook removes pages for racist groups after Charlottesville

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Source: the hill



By Ali Breland - 08/15/17 06:12 PM EDT


Facebook removed a number of pages for racist groups following the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that turned violent.

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The banned groups include White Nationalists United, Right Wing Death Squad and Vanguard America.

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On Friday, before the rally began in Charlottesville, Facebook also took down the official event page.

The company initially had allowed the page but decided as the event neared that it no longer met Facebook’s community standards because it was associated with “hate organizations.”.........................

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/346689-facebook-removes-hate-pages-in-wake-of-charlottesville

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It is a start. I hope they keep digging and find more of the crap and take it down.

Link to tweet

[not fooled]

1. Don't stop with the racists.

Get the Russkies off FB too.

[NCjack]

2. Yes, get Russians off the social pages.

[Midnight Writer]

3. So. Facebook finally noticed they have cockroaches in their kitchen.

[icymist]

4. Don't stop with the hate groups Facebook; get their Goddamn bookstore off as well!

https://www.facebook.com/counter.currents.publishing/

I was also wondering who their hosting company is:
https://www.counter-currents.com/