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Facebook bans far-right groups
Protesters from the far-right group EDL gather in Nottingham in August 2016
FACEBOOK has banned far-right groups in a belated attempt to remove white supremacist content from the social media platform.
The tech giant was lambasted last month after the massacre of 50 Muslims in New Zealand was livestreamed on its website.
Today, Facebook kicked the National Front, Britain First, the British National Party and the English Defence League off the site with effect from noon, saying they had violated its rules against promoting hate and violence.
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