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The right-wing Proud Boys and their founder, Gavin McInnes, have been banned from Facebook and Instagram because of the social media sites’ policies against hate groups.
A spokeswoman for Facebook, which also owns Instagram, says the company takes action against hate groups to keep its community safe.

McInnes said in an email the ban, first reported on Tuesday, will likely affect the Proud Boys’ ability to recruit new members.
He said Wednesday the ban shows that “the left” is ramping up “hysteria” with “fake news and censorship” ahead of next week’s midterm elections.
‘US mail bomber’ with van covered in Trump stickers is arrested in Florida
The Southern Poverty Law Centre calls the all-male Proud Boys a hate group. They say they are simply “western chauvinists”.

Several people were arrested after Proud Boys members clashed with anti-fascist protesters in Manhattan on October 12 following a speech by McInnes.


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Facebook and Instagram ban right-wing Proud Boys ‘hate group’ and founder Gavin McInnes

In this April 27, 2017 file photo, Gavin McInnes, centre, founder of the far-right group Proud Boys, is surrounded by supporters after speaking at a rally in Berkeley, California. Photo: AP

CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER 26: A man wearing a Proud Boys scarf walks across the venue floor before a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at the Bojangles Coliseum on October 26, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. President Trump visited Charlotte to campaign for 9th District House candidate Mark Harris. Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

John Kinsman (R), a member linked to the Proud Boys, appears at an arraignment hearing with his lawyer Ronald Hart (L) at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., October 19, 2018. Gardiner Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

‘US mail bomber’ with van covered in Trump stickers is arrested in Florida

Cesar Sayoc and a van that appears to be the same vehicle towed away from the scene of his arrest. Photos: WTSP 10 and Twitter

epa07118837 A man (L) yells at members of the press as another man carries a sign calling the 9/11 terrorist attacks a hoax outside of the building where a suspicious package addressed to actor Robert De Niro was discovered and removed by the New York Police Department's bomb squad in New York, New York, USA, 25 October 2018. The package adressed to the building of De Niro's restaurant Tribeca Grill was reportedly similar to packages that contained crude pipe bombs that were sent to CNN's offices and Bill and Hilary Clinton's home. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

PLANTATION, FL - OCTOBER 25: U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) at a candidate forum at Temple Kol Ami on October 25, 2018 in Plantation, Florida. The forum was held to discuss issues in the Jewish community as the November 6 election approaches. Saul Martinez/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, FBI agents cover a van parked in Plantation, Fla., on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, that federal agents and police officers have been examining in connection with package bombs that were sent to high-profile critics of President Donald Trump. The van has several stickers on the windows, including American flags, decals with logos and text. (WPLG-TV via AP)

A police officer and dog are shown outside a postal facility, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, in Opa-locka, Fla. Investigators searched coast-to-coast Thursday for the culprit and motives behind the bizarre mail-bomb plot aimed at critics of the president. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

A van that appears to be the same vehicle towed away by police on Friday after the arrest of a suspect in the US pipe bomb spree, is seen earlier on the road in Florida, in an image circulating on social media. Photo: Twitter

This frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV shows a van parked in Plantation, Fla., on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, that federal agents and police officers have been examining in connection with package bombs that were sent to high-profile critics of President Donald Trump. The van has several stickers on the windows, including American flags, decals with logos and text. (WPLG-TV via AP)

This image obtained Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, and provided by ABC News shows a package addressed to former CIA head John Brennan and an explosive device that was sent to CNN's New York office. The mail-bomb scare widened Thursday as law enforcement officials seized more suspicious packages. (ABC News via AP)

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Authorities in Boston had protectively ordered a strict ban on weapons in the rally area, and ordered garbage trucks and concrete barriers placed around the venue to prevent vehicles from entering

Police try to calm an injured man who was assaulted while arguing with counterprotesters long after a "Free Speech" rally was staged by conservative activists, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

A large crowd of people march towards the Boston Commons to protest the Boston Free Speech Rally in Boston, MA, U.S., August 19, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A man wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of President Donald Trump, right, argues with a counterprotester after being hit by a flying plastic bottle of water near a "Free Speech" rally staged by conservative activists, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston. An estimated 15,000 counterprotesters marched through the city to historic Boston Common, where many gathered near a bandstand abandoned early by conservatives who had planned to deliver a series of speeches. Police vans later escorted the conservatives out of the area, and angry counterprotesters scuffled with armed officers trying to maintain order. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Protesters face off with riot police escorting conservative activists following a march in Boston against a planned 'Free Speech Rally' just one week after the violent 'Unite the Right' rally in Virginia left one woman dead and dozens more injured. Photo: AFP

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A photo taken on July 8 shows members of the Ku Klux Klan arriving for a rally, calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photo: AFP

FILE PHOTO: A photograph of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer is seen amongst flowers left at the scene of the car attack on a group of counter-protesters that took her life during the "Unite the Right" rally as people continue to react to the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Justin Ide/File Photo

Antifa members and counter protesters gather during a rightwing No-To-Marxism rally on August 27, 2017 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Berkeley, California. / AFP PHOTO / Amy Osborne

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McInnes said in an email that the ban, first reported on Tuesday, will likely affect the Proud Boys’ ability to recruit new members
Facebook said it made the move to keep its community safe


The right-wing Proud Boys and their founder have been banned because of the social media sites’ policies against hate groups.


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Facebook and Instagram ban right-wing Proud Boys ‘hate group’ and founder Gavin McInnes

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}McInnes said in an email that the ban, first reported on Tuesday, will likely affect the Proud Boys’ ability to recruit new members Facebook said it made the move to keep its community safe

McInnes said in an email that the ban, first reported on Tuesday, will likely affect the Proud Boys’ ability to recruit new members

Facebook said it made the move to keep its community safe