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19 December 2017 - Twitter Suspends Britain First Leaders

Publié par Marion Coste le 19/12/2017

Twitter Suspends White Nationalist Accounts in Attempt to Address Offensive Content
(Time Magazine, 18/12/2017)

Twitter suspended the accounts of well-known white nationalists Monday, moving swiftly after putting into place new rules on what it sees as abusive content.

The account of far-right group Britain First, a small group that regularly posts inflammatory videos purporting to show Muslims engaged in acts of violence, was among the first to go dark. The individual accounts of two of its leaders, Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding, were also suspended.

President Donald Trump caused a stir last month when he retweeted a post by Fransen, drawing criticism from British Prime Minister Theresa May. Fransen and Golding were arrested in Belfast last week for allegedly stirring up hatred.

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Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding
 
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders as it enforces new anti-abuse rules 
Samuel Gibbs and Martin Belam (The Guardian, 18/12/2017)
 
Twitter has suspended the accounts of the leader and deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right group recently retweeted by Donald Trump, under the terms of its revised anti-abuse rules.

Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen’s accounts were unavailable on Monday afternoon hours after the social network’s new rules came into effect. The organisation’s main account was also suspended.

Fransen came to global attention when Trump retweeted anti-Islam videos she had posted in November. She was in court in Belfast last week on two charges relating to behaviour intended to or likely to stir up hatred and was rearrested outside the court for a separate incident. Golding was also arrested outside the courtroom.
 

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White Nationalists
 
Twitter suspends white nationalists as new rules take effect
Associated Press (The Los Angeles Times, 18/12/2017)
 
Twitter Inc. suspended the accounts of several well-known white nationalists Monday after putting into place new rules on what it sees as abusive content.

The account of far-right group Britain First, which regularly posts inflammatory videos purporting to show Muslims engaged in acts of violence, was among the first to go dark. The individual accounts of two of its leaders, Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding, were also suspended.

President Trump caused a stir last month when he retweeted a post by Fransen, drawing criticism from British Prime Minister Theresa May. Fransen and Golding were arrested in Belfast last week, accused of stirring up hatred.

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Anti-Muslim Videos
 
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders
(BBC News, 18/12/2017)
 
Twitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech.

Paul Golding, Britain First's leader, and Jayda Fransen, his deputy, can no longer tweet and their past posts no longer appear.

The organisation's official Twitter page has suffered the same fate.

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