Posted on 04/18/2019 1:27:44 PM PDT by Jyotishi
Image caption -- Former BNP leader Nick Griffin and ex-Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen are among those affected
Facebook has imposed a ban on a dozen far-right individuals and organisations that it says "spread hate".
The ban includes the British National Party and Nick Griffin, the English Defence League and the National Front.
The list also includes Britain First, which was already banned, but this latest action will prohibit support for it on any of the US firm's services.
It said it had taken the action because those involved had proclaimed a "violent or hateful mission".
"Individuals and organisations who spread hate, or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are, have no place on Facebook," the social network added in a statement.
The ban includes:
The British National Party and its ex-leader Nick Griffin
Britain First, its leader Paul Golding and former deputy leader Jayda Fransen
English Defence League and its founding member Paul Ray
Knights Templar International and its promoter Jim Dowson
National Front and its leader Tony Martin
Jack Renshaw, a neo-Nazi who plotted to murder a Labour MP
A spokesman for Facebook clarified what would now be done to the pages the groups and individuals had run on its site. All those named would be prevented from having a presence on any Facebook service
In addition, praise and support for the groups or named individuals would no longer be allowed.
The ban was "long overdue" said MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Select committee.
"For too long social media companies have been facilitating extremist and hateful content online and profiting from the poison," she added.
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This is outright political censorship.
To arms people.
“Net Neuter-ality”
Have they posted the list of “far-left” individuals and groups that are also being censored...I thought not.
Ain't irony ironic?
Facebook is gay... Ignore it and let it die!
Ping.
Tech is waging war on reality, and upon truth. It is evil to politicize truth. They have become evil. The very beast which has been expected by many USAians.
Who says what is and what isn’t far right?
And how easy is it to change that diffinition.
No shi’ite! Wow!
The BNP is not hateful or violent
Fu## the zuck, our new slogan, ditch facebook crash and burn
Big Data is a monopoly, and needs to be broken up, a la AT&T.
This is the group showcased in Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant's (suppressed) manifesto.
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