According to reports, Facebook has made the decision to ban content that supports white nationalism and separatism from its platforms. Coming not long after the recent terrorist attack in New Zealand, it’s the company’s latest attempt to grapple with the spread of extremism on social media.
Facebook announced Tuesday that the company is banning content that includes explicit praise, support, or representation of white nationalism or separatism, according to a report by Motherboard. It is the latest move by the company to crack down on extremist ideologies that have spread quickly in the age of social media.
Facebook’s decision comes less than two weeks after a terrorist attack on the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which a gunman opened fire on people. The man streamed the attack, which killed 50 people and injured 50 others, on Facebook Live, and the footage quickly circulated on other websites.
