Facebook has removed some events planning protests against stay-at-home measures because they violated protective measures imposed by governors, Facebook says.
State governments have asked people not to attend the protests, as the groups have assembled without adhering to social distancing guidelines, and could risk infecting more people and lengthening the state shutdown measures.
More than 100 state-specific Facebook groups, made up of more than 900,000 members, have been created in the last two weeks to protest the stay-at-home orders, according to an unpublished analysis by First Draft, a disinformation research organization. Those pages have organized at least 49 different events.
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