What would you do if you woke up one day and found out that you cannot use, twitter, facebook, Instagram and PayPal?
Anti-Islamic activist Tommy Robinson’s official page and Instagram profile were brought down for violating its policies on hate speech.
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A number of posts on his page had violated the social network’s community standards, Facebook said.
It said that it had not taken the decision to remove his page lightly but added he would not be allowed back.
“When ideas and opinions cross the line and amount to hate speech that may create an environment of intimidation and exclusion for certain groups in society – in some cases with potentially dangerous offline implications – we take action,” Facebook said in a post.
“Tommy Robinson’s Facebook page has repeatedly broken these standards, posting material that uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted
at Muslims.
“He has also behaved in ways that violate our policies around organised hate.”
In January, YouTube suspended adverts on Mr Robinson’s account, saying he had broken the site’s advertising rules.
At the time, Mr Robinson denied they contained any “hateful” content and said he was the victim of censorship.
In November 2018, PayPal said it would no longer process payments for
In May, Mr Robinson, 35, was jailed for contempt of court. The 13-month sentence sparked a series of #freetommy protests. The conviction was later quashed after procedural concerns.
In March 2018, Mr Robinson was banned from Twitter. It is understood that his account was suspended for breaking its “hateful conduct policy”.