Facebook has banned far-right group Britain First

Facebook has taken down the page of the far-right, anti-Islamic group Britain First, as well as the pages of the group’s leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen.

In a blog post, Facebook say they sent the administrators of the Britain First page a written warning about their persistent breach of community standards. Britain First continued to post content that violates these standards, and so Facebook removed the pages.

“We do not do this lightly,” said Facebook in the announcement, “but they have repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups, which disqualifies the Pages from our service.” Read more…

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