Facebook will redirect users who try to post white nationalist content to a nonprofit that aims to deradicalize people from hate groups.
for its role in the Christchurch mosque attack. The gunman went live on the platform for several minutes before the attack began, showing off his guns and at one point ironically said,"Remember lads, subscribe to PewDiePie."
BuzzFeed News has reached out to Facebook for more information on how the ban will work. As of midday Wednesday, this feature does not appear to be live yet based on searches by BuzzFeed News for terms like"white nationalist,""white nationalist groups," and"blood and soil."," published by Facebook on Wednesday, the ban will take effect next week.
"It’s clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services," the blog post reads."Over the past three months our conversations with members of civil society and academics who are experts in race relations around the world have confirmed that white nationalism and separatism cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups.
Facebook did not respond to an inquiry from BuzzFeed News last week on whether white nationalism and neo-Nazism were being moderated using the same image matching and language understanding it uses to police
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