Facebook took down a widespread network of pages tied to President Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon for pushing misinformation about voter fraud and delegitimizing election results.
Bannon’s page also incurred penalties, including not being allowed to post content, but was not removed from Facebook.
Follow the latest on Election 2020The seven pages, which had a total of over 2.45 million followers and had pushed the “Stop the Steal” messaging that alleges election fraud, were flagged for Facebook by the liberal group Avaaz on Friday night.
Facebook moves to put group posts on probation
The move comes just days after Bannon was permanently banned from Twitter after saying that Trump should execute Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert. Facebook had also removed two videos from his page for inciting violence.
[…]
Source: Facebook removes pages tied to Steve Bannon for misinformation – The Washington Post