Facebook sees uptick in Proud Boys content after presidential debate
By Katie Paul
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc <FB.O> acknowledged an “uptick” in content related to the far-right Proud Boys on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump declined to condemn the group all through Tuesday night time time’s presidential debate, a corporation govt talked about on Twitter.
The content included memes that features Trump’s instructions to the group to “stand once more and stand by,” talked about Brian Fishman, who directs Facebook’s workers coping with counterterrorism and dangerous organizations.
During the debate, Trump deflected an opportunity to denounce “white supremacists and militia groups” amid violence that has marred some protests in direction of racism and police brutality in plenty of U.S. cities.
“Proud Boys, stand once more and stand by,” Trump talked about, sooner than immediately pivoting: “But I’ll inform you what, somebody’s acquired to do one factor about antifa,” he talked about, referencing the largely unstructured, anti-fascist movement that …
