2. In its announcement, Facebook lumped together militia groups, which are generally right-wing, with anti-fascist groups, which come from the left. The company provided no insight about why the two groups were counted together.
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3. The move, however, is reminiscent of the DOJ task force on “anti-government extremists” that initially blamed anti-fascists for violence at
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4. As a reminder: Multiple news reports have shown that, despite claims from Trump and his administration, there is no real evidence that anti-fascists are to blame for violence at protests.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/22/who-caused-violence-protests-its-not-antifa/ …
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5. Meanwhile, it was often right-wing agitators and members of the so-called “boogaloo” movement that engaged in violence, including allegedly murder, at or nearby the protests.https://www.informant.news/p/the-boogaloo-cases …
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6. For what it’s worth, Facebook already went after the boogaloo movement in late June.https://www.informant.news/p/facebook-versus-the-boogaloo …
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7. Today’s Facebook crackdown is happening in multiple ways. Pages and ads are being removed in some cases. Accounts will be limited in their reach in other cases.
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8. For QAnon, Facebook says it has removed 790 groups, 100 pages, and 1,500 ads. For militias and anti-fascists, the company says it removed 980 groups, 520 pages, and 160 ads.
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9. Here is Facebook's full announcement.https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-organizations-tied-to-violence/ …
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10. I’ll have more on Facebook’s crackdown in tomorrow’s issue of The Informant, my publication that covers hate and extremism in America. Please subscribe today to directly support my independent journalism.https://www.informant.news/subscribe
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UPDATE: Facebook gave me a few examples of the anti-fascist pages it took down as part of today's purge. The company removed the pages for: -
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Facebook also told me it removed the pages of some prominent militia organizations, including: -
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