Robinson repeatedly violated the social network's rules against posting dehumanizing material, Facebook said.
Facebook has blocked Tommy Robinson from its platforms for posting"material that uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims.
He has also behaved in ways that violate our policies around organized hate,” Facebook said. As founder of the English Defense League, Robinson has defined himself as “the driving force behind a national movement that seeks to ban Muslim immigration to Britain and advocates tearing down many of the country’s mosques,” Griff Witte wrote for The Washington Post. He’s also drawn the favor of American conservatives, such as Donald Trump Jr.
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