Proud Boys groups, founder banned from Facebook, Instagram

Published October 31, 2018 3:33am ET



Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes was banned from Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday, and Facebook also removed and banned both public and private groups affiliated with Proud Boys.

The far-right club, which only admits men, was exposed by the Daily Beast Wednesday for social media posts with racist images and promoting violence against liberals.

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