Facebook extends its ban on hate speech by prohibiting the promotion and support of white nationalism and separatism
Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.
Critics have "raised these issues to the highest levels at Facebook a number of working meetings with their staff as we've tried to get them to the right place," said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a Washington, DC-based legal advocacy group.
The bloodshed in 2017 prompted tech companies to take a firmer stand against accounts used to promote hate and violence. Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change, says the racial justice group warned Facebook to the growing dangers of white nationalists on its platform years ago and that he was glad to see Wednesday's announcement.
YouTube also bans hate speech and says it removes content promoting violence or hatred on the basis of these categories.
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