[Tom4784]

Facebook has taken down anti-Islamic leader Tommy Robinson's official page and Instagram profile for violating its policies on hate speech.

The former English Defence League leader was deemed to have been engaged in "organised hate".

A number of posts on his page had violated the social network's community standards, Facebook said in a blogpost.

It said that it had not taken the decision to remove his page lightly but added he would not be allowed back.

"When ideas and opinions cross the line and amount to hate speech that may create an environment of intimidation and exclusion for certain groups in society - in some cases with potentially dangerous offline implications - we take action," Facebook said in a post.

"Tommy Robinson's Facebook page has repeatedly broken these standards, posting material that uses dehumanising language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims.

"He has also behaved in ways that violate our policies around organised hate."

The ban means that Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will not be allowed to set up an official Facebook page or Instagram profile in future.

According to Facebook, a written warning had been sent to Mr Robinson last month about a number of posts on his page that had violated its community standards, including:

a post calling Muslims "filthy scum bags"
a post urging people to terrorise and behead those who follow the Koran
a post urging people to "make war" on Muslims
multiple videos depicting individuals being bullied
In January, YouTube suspended adverts on Mr Robinson's account, saying he had broken the site's advertising rules.

At the time, Mr Robinson denied they contained any "hateful" content and said he was the victim of censorship.

In November, PayPal said it would no longer process payments for Mr Robinson.

In May, Mr Robinson, 35, was jailed for contempt of court. The 13-month sentence sparked a series of #freetommy protests. The conviction was later quashed after procedural concerns.

The case has now been referred to the attorney general.

In March 2018, Mr Robinson was banned from Twitter. It is understood that his account was suspended for breaking its "hateful conduct policy".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47371290

I wonder how long it'll take him to completely misunderstand and represent censorship again and claim he's been a victim of it? I hope Facebook doesn't cave to his uninformed horde of gammon and undo the decision.

[LeatherTrumpet]

i am sure he is devastated

[Tom4784]

He certainly was when Twitter banned him.

[Mitchell]

Good riddance

[Jordan.]

Good luck using Myspace as a platform

[Alf]

Imagine if William Wilberforce had been censored from giving his opinions.

If people in positions of power need to censor other human beings, then they'd be my biggest concern, what do they have to hide?

[Twosugars]

hate speech from Tommy? what a surprise

[SherzyK]

Youtube video

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

hate speech from Tommy? what a surprise

no from people posting on his page it says

[Mitchell]

Imagine being banned from Facebook for constantly breaking rules?

[LeatherTrumpet]

i mean, if only there was some way to get around this complex technical issue...

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

hate speech from Tommy? what a surprise

Hate speech needs to be defended more than any other speech.

You don't need to defend other speech, it's free as should hate speech be.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Alf

Imagine if William Wilberforce had been censored from giving his opinions.

If people in positions of power need to censor other human beings, then they'd be my biggest concern, what do they have to hide?

Luckily Tommy is no Wilberforce
Also, he's got no earth-shattering secrets to impart, just plain vile hate
so no need to despair, Alf

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Luckily Tommy is no Wilberforce
Also, he's got no earth-shattering secrets to impart, just plain vile hate
so no need to despair, Alf

Wilberforce was hated by people who didn:t agree with him, because he was saying the wrong things at the time. Just like Tommy is today.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Luckily Tommy is no Wilberforce
Also, he's got no earth-shattering secrets to impart, just plain vile hate
so no need to despair, Alf

can you give the thread an example of two of this so called hate speech from him?

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Alf

Hate speech needs to be defended more than any other speech.

You don't need to defend other speech, it's free as should hate speech be.

libertarian are we?
Disagree, Alf. There's no need to hear people calling for murder. He could still make any conciveable point he wishes without inciting murder.

[The Slim Reaper]

Weirdly, I partly agree with Alf. However, free speech is not consequence-free speech. No one is curbing his ability to give his opinions on any subject he wishes, he just doesn't have the right for those opinions to be given a public platform.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Alf

Imagine if William Wilberforce had been censored from giving his opinions.

If people in positions of power need to censor other human beings, then they'd be my biggest concern, what do they have to hide?

Who has censored Tommy Robinson?

[Elliot]

what a mess!

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Who has censored Tommy Robinson?

Facebook and Twitter for a kick off.

[arista]

He Broke the the New Facebook
inforced Hate Rules
so you would expect him to be banned.

They are setting up other Sites
to carry on.

So many will no longer see what he posts.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

Facebook and Twitter for a kick off.

also banned today on Instagram

[arista]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Weirdly, I partly agree with Alf. However, free speech is not consequence-free speech. No one is curbing his ability to give his opinions on any subject he wishes, he just doesn't have the right for those opinions to be given a public platform.

But Facebook has new Hate Rules
you can not ignore that
he would have had warnings

[reece(:]

Rest in piss

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

But Facebook has new Hate Rules
you can not ignore that
he would have had warnings

Yeah, which is why I said he doesn't have the right to a public platform for his free speech.