The Independent: Neo-Nazi groups allowed to stay on Facebook because they ‘do not violate community standards’
"Neo-Nazi groups have been allowed to remain on Facebook because the social media giant found they did not violate its 'community standards', it has been revealed. Counter Extremism Project report, seen exclusively by The Independent, showed the same response was received for chapters of Be Active Front USA, a racist skinhead group, and the neo-Nazi British Movement. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), said Facebook and other platforms were allowing hate groups to 'network and build echo chambers worldwide. But the company’s business model is content on the platform, not content off the platform, [so] unless there is clear, sustained public pressure on the right-wing extremism issue, we will not see significant progress.' Mr Schindler called for legal regulation, as the British government prepares to publish a white paper on tackling 'online harms.'"
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