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        <title><![CDATA[Facebook suspends white nationalist accounts over protest threats]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Facebook has suspended accounts linked to white nationalist groups amid raging protests against racism and police brutality.</p><p>Some of those accounts urged people to bring weapons to recent demonstrations following last week&#8217;s police killing of George Floyd, <strong>according to Facebook</strong>. The company also took down accounts that falsely claimed to be affiliated with the leftist Antifa movement.</p><p>Some affected accounts had ties to the Proud Boys, the right-wing group that was <strong>involved in an Upper East Side brawl</strong> in 2018. Others were linked to American Guard, a self-described constitutional nationalist group with &#8220;a background with connections to anti-immigrant extremism, hatred, and violence,&#8221; <strong>according to the Anti-Defamation League</strong>.</p><p>Facebook was planning to crack down on both groups but moved faster after discovering how they were talking about the protests, <strong>CNN reported</strong>.</p><p>Facebook&#8217;s move came after Twitter suspended a bogus Antifa account that was reportedly tied to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. The post falsely claimed that members of the anti-fascist group — which President Trump has <strong>called a terrorist organization</strong> — were planning to &#8220;move into the residential areas&#8221; and &#8220;take what&#8217;s ours,&#8221; according to CNN.</p><p>It&#8217;s unclear whether Facebook has removed any genuine Antifa accounts for making similar threatening posts.</p><p>At least one <strong>Facebook staffer has resigned</strong> over CEO Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s decision to leave up Trump&#8217;s post suggesting looters should be shot. Twitter <strong>flagged the message</strong> last week, saying it violated rules against glorifying violence.</p><p><em>With Post wires</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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