Britain First banned from Facebook
after pressure from European leaders
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FACEBOOK has banned far-right group Britain First and deleted the pages of its jailed leaders. Two million people had liked the anti-Islam group's page, more than twice as many as the Labour party. Its leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, who were jailed earlier this month, also had large followings. Facebook said they had repeatedly breached community standards with a series of vile posts inciting hatred against Muslims. Britain First became notorious for tricking people into liking its Facebook page with posts on unconnected subjects. Many of those who clicked did not realize the true nature of the organization. The group hit headlines worldwide after Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos posted by deputy leader Jayda Fransen, sparking a diplomatic row with Theresa May. Fransen and leader Paul Golding were each jailed last week for religiously aggravated harassment. They distributed leaflets and posted videos online during the trial of three men accused of rape in Canterbury. Fransen also screamed abuse through the letterbox at a woman she believed was connected to the defendants. Facebook, which has been under pressure to act against Britain First, said today the group had ignored a final warning about posts that broke its rules. Disturbing content included videos posted to incite hateful comments against Muslims and a caption comparing immigrants with animals. Another post showed a photo of the group's leaders with the caption "Islamophobic and proud". Golding and Fransen's accounts were suspended in December after Facebook introduced new anti-abuse rules. They have now been deleted. Facebook said today: "Content posted on the Britain First Facebook page and the pages of party leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen has repeatedly broken our Community Standards. "We recently gave the administrators of the pages a written final warning, and they have continued to post content that violates our Community Standards.
‘Political speech goes to heart of free expression…but political views can and should be expressed without hate,’ says social media company
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The censorship of those who buck the establishment is continuing with Facebook’s banning of the group “Britain First.” Private companies have the right to ban anyone they want, however, with the ramping up of obvious censorship, the establishment certainly seems like it’s desperately trying to cling to power by silencing those who dissent.
Facebook has banned the conservative political group Britain First for breaking its rules that prohibit “hate speech” on the social media platform. Facebook said they had “repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups.”
Britain First described itself as “a patriotic resistance and ‘frontline’ for our long-suffering people” that will “restore Christianity as the bedrock” of national life and put British workers first.
“There are times … when legitimate political speech crosses the line and becomes hate speech designed to stir up hatred against groups in our society,” Facebook said in a statement, according to CNN. And Facebook didn’t simply stop at banning the group’s Facebook page. They banned the owners’, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, personal pages as well. The group’s accounts were later suspended by Twitter.
Britain First gained international attention last year when President Donald Trump retweeted three videos the easily offended took as “inflammatory” posted by Fransen on Twitter. The page then became infamous for setting off a political firestorm soon after, that many political pundits assumed strained relations between Washington and London.
“We are an open platform for all ideas and political speech goes to the heart of free expression,” the company said on Wednesday. “But political views can and should be expressed without hate.”
This ban also means that the group and its leaders cannot set up Facebook pages in the future. The social media company says it did not take the decision lightly but had to respond to attempts to incite animosity and hatred, mostly against the religion of Islam. The leaders had posted such things as a comparison of Muslims to animals, and captioned photos with “Islamaphobic and proud,” both of which constitute “hate speech” according to Facebook’s policy.
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” –Potter Stewart
