Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called “Stop the Steal,” claiming its members made calls for violence and sought to delegitimize the election process, while the group’s founder called the ban excessive and defended the group as giving “a voice to Americans who are concerned about the vote counting process.”
The group amassed around 365,000 members before Facebook took it down, with the company claiming the group’s online activity was having a worrying impact on real-world outcomes.
“In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of heightened tension, we have removed the Group ‘Stop the Steal,’ which was creating real-world events,” Facebook said in a statement. “The group was organized around the delegitimization of the election process, and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group.”
Source: TheEpochTimes.com
