Facebook bans far-right groups and their leaders

Facebookhasbannedfar-right groups including the British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL) from having any presence on the social network for violating the site’s rules around promoting hate and violence.

The banned groups, which also includes Knights Templar International, Britain First and the National Front, as well as key members of their leaderships, have been removed from both Facebook or Instagram.

The social network’s policy does not allow groups or individuals which engage in “terrorist activity, organised hate, mass or serial murder, human trafficking or organised violence or criminal activity”.

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Renshaw, who plotted to kill West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper and exact revenge on a female police officer who was investigating him for child sex offences, has also been banned.

Facebook said it uses an extensive process to determine which people or groups it designates as dangerous.