Facebook on Wednesday said it removed the Facebook page and Facebook event for a militia group in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the killing of two people during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man.
. Facebook has designated the killing as a mass murder, and it will remove content that praises, supports or represents the shooting or the shooter, the company said.
"We've designated this shooting as a mass murder and have removed the shooter's accounts from Facebook and Instagram," a company spokeswoman said in a statement. "At this time, we have not found evidence on Facebook that suggests the shooter followed the Kenosha Guard Page or that he was invited on the Event Page they organized. However, the Kenosha Guard Page and their Event Page violated our new policy addressing militia organizations and have been removed on that basis.
Although Facebook says it found no ties between the shooter and the militia group's Facebook page, the company said it chose to remove the militia group because it was in violation of . That policy prohibits groups and movements from organizing on Facebook's platforms if they celebrate violent acts, have shown they have weapons, and suggest that they will use them.. Two users reported the group's account, but Facebook moderators reportedly told them that the group and the event did not violate Facebook's policies.
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