Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
“According to researchers at the Counter Extremism Project who compiled the exhaustive report on the proliferation of neo-Nazi pages on Facebook, after submitting multiple reports to the Facebook moderators over the offensive pages, they were told they should just unfollow the pages if they found them to be offensive. Facebook maintained that said pages wouldn’t be taken down. That was the response the researchers got when they reported pages maintained by groups like Be Active Front USA, a racist skinhead group, as well as British Movement, a neo-Nazi group. A number of the pages that were reported — but have yet to be blocked or taken down — promote imagery of Adolf Hitler and fascist symbols, and refer to people of color as 'vermin' and LGBTQ people as “degenerates.” Senior director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), Hans-Jakob Schindler, noted that Facebook and other platforms are permitting hate groups to 'network and build echo chambers worldwide' without obstruction, simply due to the bottom line. The CEP report came out just days after Facebook was widely criticized for failing to quickly take down the Christchurch shooter’s live video of the attack.”
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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