Facebook Shuts Down Group for Speaking Out against Drag Queen Story Hour

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jun 8, 2020
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At one point, she said, [her Facebook page] was temporarily suspended over "hate speech" because she "shared a post that said, 'Reminder: Women don't have to be polite to someone who is making them uncomfortable.'"

[Faithwire.com] Facebook has shut down a social media page for mothers who are opposed to drag queen story hours in neighborhood libraries. (Image: Unsplash /via Faithwire)

On June 1, the Silicon Valley-based tech company removed the group 500 Mom Strong, claiming it was "transphobic" and in violation of Facebook's "community standards," according to The Christian Post.

Anna Hall Bohach, founder of the shuttered Facebook group, told the Post her group has been targeted before, explaining the page was taken down three other times. At one point, she said, it was temporarily suspended over "hate speech" because she "shared a post that said, 'Reminder: Women don't have to be polite to someone who is making them uncomfortable.'"

This time, Facebook said Bohach's group violated the site's "community standards" and made clear it has policies in place "to protect against recidivist behavior and do not allow people to set up new Pages that represent Pages that have already been removed from our platform"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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