Facebook Purges Patriot Prayer After Member Killed by Antifa
Facebook told a media outlet the purge is part of itsongoing efforts to remove Violent Social Militias from our platform.
Facebook suspended Joey Gibsons personal account, and his Portland-based group, Patriot Prayer, as well as the personal pages of multiple group members, accordingto a report bythe Oregonian.
The accounts were banned from Facebook on Friday morning, less than one week after Patriot Prayer memberAaron Jay Danielson was fatally shot byself-professed Portland Antifa member Michael Forest Reinoehl.
Reinoehl was laterkilled by law enforcement onThursday night after an arrest warrant had been issued by the Portland police.
Gibson said that Facebook has not provided him with an explanation as to why the accounts have been removed from the platform.
Facebook spokesperson JenRidings toldthe Oregonian that the social media platformremoved the accounts as part of its ongoing efforts to remove Violent Social Militias from our platform.
The report added that Gibson is questioning why Antifa-linked Facebook accounts are still allowed to exist on the platform given Reinoehls self-proclaimed affiliation with the movement.
Gibsons attorney, Angus Lee, said that Facebooks decision to ban the accounts are a very serious demonstration of the unchecked power of electronic oligarchs to control information, reports theOregonian.
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