The Associated Press reported that Facebook has taken nearly 200 accounts from white supremacist groups trying to rally supporters to protest the violence against black people by the police.
The reports concerned are connected with the Proud Boys and American Guards, two hate groups which had already been banned on Facebook.
Demonstrations continued throughout the USA on the weekend, which spurred George Floyd 's death in Minneapolis on 25 May. Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was accused of a second-degree killing at Floyd 's death by authorities after a video had shown Chauvin kneeling in the neck when other police officers looked at him.
The other officers were also accused of supporting and encouraging murder. They were fired.
Facebook monitored the accounts and began to view posts that encouraged people to participate in protests. A company officer told the AP that some are preparing to go with weapons. It did not specify the location or specific plan of the users of the Account during the demonstrations.
Last week, Facebook said it was restricting the distribution of groups and pages on its platform, which is connected with the word "boogaloo," used in the second US-Civil War by far-right groups.
It demotes the search results on the pages and groups and does not advise users, says Facebook.
