NOVEMBER 5, 20207:38 AMUPDATED AN HOUR AGO
ByElizabeth Culliford,Raphael Satter
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(Reuters) – Facebook IncFB.Oon Thursday said it had taken down a rapidly growing group where some supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump posted violent rhetoric and baseless claims that Democrats were stealing the election.Slideshow( 2 images )
On Thursday afternoon, the “Stop the Steal” group, which called for “boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote,” was adding 1,000 new members every 10 seconds and had grown to 365,000 members in a single day.
“The group was organized around the delegitimization of the election process, and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group,” a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement.
She said the move was in line with the “exceptional measures” Facebook was taking during “this period of heightened tension.”
Unfounded and debunked…
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