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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/12/22722885/facebook-militarized-social-movements-banned-internal-list-leak
Facebook has banned nearly 1,000 militarized social movements, documents reveal
Facebook has placed at least 986 groups on a private list of banned “militarized social movements,” according to internal Facebook documents published by The Intercept. The documents hint at the scale of militia organizing on Facebook — something the company cracked down on in August of 2020.
Militarized social movements are one part of Facebook’s larger “dangerous individuals and organizations” list, which The Intercept published a snapshot of in its entirety. The term refers to armed groups that promote armed conflict, as well as groups that support violence or looting at protests; in practice, it’s apparently composed largely of right-wing militias with some left-wing, anarchist, or generally anti-government organizations.
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/12/22722885/facebook-militarized-social-movements-banned-internal-list-leak
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