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Labour accuses Facebook of failing to act against supporters' hate groups

Party says it has been chasing the social media giant for months in effort to have racist material removed

February 26, 2020 13:28
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Labour have accused Facebook of failing to take effective action against 11 different groups set up on its platform by alleged supporters of the party in which antisemitic content was openly shared.

The party said they had been chasing Facebook for over six months to remove openly racist material and close down the offending groups – including making the request at two official meetings with representatives from the social media giant.

One of the groups of particular concern is a self-identifying “pro-Labour” group set up in 2010,  before Jeremy Corbyn became leader, where one individual in particular, Mossabir Ali, who was expelled from by the party for flagrant antisemitism, has been posting a drip-feed of antisemitic content.

Party sources said that staff in Labour’s Governance and Legal Unit initiated contact with Facebook in August 2019 to express concern over 11 groups on the platform.