Facebook did not disclose specific details of the users or their plans, but confirmed „approximately“ 190 accounts were taken offline.
Facebook has confirmed the removal of nearly 200 accounts linked to white supremacist groups that have used the platform to plan various infiltrations of George Floyd protests across the country.
Officials removed the accounts after the users shared posts encouraging members to exploit the ongoing demonstrations by attending—in some instances with firearms—the company said on Friday.
Facebook did not disclose specific details of the users or their plans, but confirmed „approximately“ 190 accounts were taken offline, according to the Associated Press.
„We saw that these groups were planning to rally supporters and members to physically go to the protests and in some cases were preparing to go with weapons,“ Brain Fishman, Facebook’s director of counterterrorism and dangerous organizations policy, said.
