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Facebook removes nearly 200 accounts tied to hate groups

by Associated Press
| June 8, 2020 12:03 AM

Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police killings of black people — in some cases with weapons, company officials said Friday.

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