Facebook says it has removed accounts of the far-right group Patriot Prayer for violating its ban on dangerous groups or individuals.
Facebook on Friday said it has removed accounts of far-right group Patriot Prayer for violating its ban on dangerous groups or individuals.
Patriot Prayer is a far-right group active in the Pacific north-west, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Media in Oregon cited an attorney for Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson as confirming that his accounts and those of the group were removed by Facebook. "The radical right is actively looking to exploit today's historically polarised political climate - one that has become even more uncertain under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic and protests for racial justice," warned the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups.
Its members"vary from thugs who like to fight... to those who are more truly defensive to those who are active on social media, trying to dox white supremacists," said Daniel Byman of the Brookings Institution. Facebook last month removed hundreds of groups tied to the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory and imposed restrictions on nearly 2,000 more as part of a crackdown on stoking violence.
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