Facebook bans white nationalist speech

Published March 27, 2019 5:54pm ET



Facebook announced Wednesday that it will ban speech supportive of white nationalism.

“Today we’re announcing a ban on praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook and Instagram, which we’ll start enforcing next week,” Facebook said in a statement. “It’s clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services.”

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