the english defence league and its founding member paul ray.hristian group, and its promoter, jim dowson. national front and its leader, tony martin, and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, says simply that they:. posts endorsing these individuals or groups will also now be banned. it is good that the police have actually taken action finally. the hard right have been stirring on and off—line for years, so why is this happening now? upcoming european elections, amid a rising tide of populism across the continent. there's also been a recent spike in activity on the platform by the hard right. and the drip, drip, drip of scandal around the company in recent years must be taking its toll. i think that what will happen is that yes, they will still have a space, yes, they will still have those supporters. but it is about stopping it from going to the mainstream, and i think that that is really where the key issue is here. 0h

the english defence league and its founding member paul ray.istian group, and its promoter, jim dowson. national front and its leader, tony martin, and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, says simply that they:. posts endorsing these individuals or groups will also now be banned. it is good that the police have actually taken action finally. the hard right have been stirring on and off—line for years, so why is this happening now? upcoming european elections, amid a rising tide of populism across the continent. there's also been a recent spike in activity on the platform by the hard right. and the drip, drip, drip of scandal around the company in recent years must be taking its toll. i think that what will happen is that yes, they will still have a space, yes, they will still have those supporters. but it is about stopping it from going to the mainstream, and i think that that is really where the key issue is here. 0h,

the english defence league and its founding member paul ray.and its promoter, jim dowson. national front and its leader, tony martin, and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, says simply that they: posts endorsing these individuals or groups will also now be banned. it is good that the police have actually taken action finally. the hard right have been stirring on and off—line for years, so why is this happening now? upcoming european elections, amid a rising tide of populism across the continent. there's also been a recent spike in activity on the platform by the hard right. and the drip, drip, drip of scandal around the company in recent years must be taking its toll. i think that what will happen is that yes, they will still have a space, yes, they will still have those supporters. but it is about stopping it from going to the mainstream, and i think that that is really where the key issue is here. 0h, tommy, tommy! i

they include the british national party and its former leader, nick griffin the english defence league, which is owned by facebook. here's our media editor amol rajan. masters of modern communication they may be, but according to facebook at least of these members of britain's ha rd least of these members of britain's hard right groups and organisations often spread hate or promote violence. the full list includes the british national party and its former leader nick griffin, britain first, its leader paul golding and former deputy leaderjayda fransen, the english defence league and its founding member paul ray, knights templar international, a militant christian group and its promoterjim dowson, national front and its leader tony martin and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murdera labour mp. but how a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, say simply that they found those who proclaim a violent 01’ foun

they include the british national party — and its former leader, nick griffin — the english defence leaguenstagram, which is owned by facebook. here's our media editor amol rajan. masters of modern communication they may be, but according to facebook at least, these members of britain's hard right groups and organisations often spread hate or promote violence. the full list includes the british national party and its former leader nick griffin, britain first, its leader paul golding and former deputy leaderjayda fransen, the english defence league and its founding member paul ray, knights templar international, a militant christian group and its promoterjim dowson, national front and its leader tony martin and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, say simply that they found those who proclaim a violent or hateful mission, or engaged in acts of hate or violence. posts endorsing these individuals or groups will now be banned. it is good the police have taken action, fi

has banned a dozen british far—right groups including the british national party and the english defence leaguerom having any presence on its social media networks. it said they violated rules about promoting hate and violence. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk — a fourth day of climate protests in london — now activists threaten to target heathrow as hundreds of thousands fly off for easter. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. jubilation. technology stocks back in favour? we look at two strong market debuts. and a look at who is behind the wheels of these sleek luxury cars on the roads of dubai. good morning asia hello world. it's friday. thank you forjoining us for another exciting addition of asia business report. we start off with a couple of technology stocks and their strong debut. shares in pinterest opened at above their initial value of $19. that value is the online scrap book company at $16 billion us. it has millions of users and is growing. it is our reporter explains, its debut was overshadowed by another technology newcomer.

facebook is banning a dozen far right campaigners and organisations, including the english defence leaguese who spread hate have no place on its platform. the ban also applies to instagram. 0ur media editor amol rajan is following this story. so it's the british national party, or bnp, and nick griffin, britain first and its leader paul golding, and former deputy leader jayda fra nsen, it's the english defence league and its founder paul ray, a militant christian group called the knights templar international, and a promoter of it, jim dowson, the national front and its leader tony martin, and another hard right figure called jack renshaw. what they are being banned for, notjust on facebook but associated platforms like instagram, which facebook also owns, is specifically spreading hate on the basis of excluding people because of their ethnicity, or promoting violence or inciting people to violence, which of course is illegal. why is it happening now? well, i think the steady accumulation of pressure on facebook to stop the spread of poison on its platform has taken a toll. we are coming

the english defence league and paul ray. the knights templar international and jim dowson.dy been banned, some of them have under different rules for breaking the community standards on facebook. facebook is making it clear this is part of a different policy. it has a policy called dangerous individuals and organisations, where we banned those who proclaim a violent or hateful emission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence. 0r emission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence. or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are. it says there people have no place on facebook. there has been a lengthy investigation and examination of their activities and they have been found to have broken these rules under this new policy, and they are being excluded. that means they will have no presence, either on facebook or on instagram. facebook has been under pressure, hasn‘t it? what do you make of the timing of this announcement.“ hasn‘t it? what do you make of the timing of this announcement. it will strike some who are maybe cynical because there is another big

has banned a dozen british far—right groups, including the british national party and the english defence league

has banned a dozen british far—right groups, including the british national party and the english defence leagueom having any presence on its social media networks. it said they violated rules about promoting hate and violence. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur is in berlin for an exclusive interview with germany's vice chancellor and finance minister olaf scholz. welcome to hardtalk from berlin, i'm stephen sackur. 30 years after unification, germany is still the economic powerhouse of europe, but is it running out of gas? growth is down, so are exports, and critics say the german economy is dangerously reliant on the technologies of the past, not the future. today i have an exclusive interview with germany's vice chancellor and finance minister olaf scholz. is germany's economic model in trouble? vice chancellor olaf scholz, welcome to hardtalk. in the 30 years since german unification, we've become used to germany as the dominant powerhouse economy of europe, but right now the german economy is faltering. there are clear weaknesses. how worried are you? i am not very worried, because

facebook bans a dozen british far—right individuals and organisations — including the english defence leaguein. i'm rebecca, in the business news... shoppers are apparently unfazed by brexit. latest figures from the country's official office for national statistics showed retail sales takings rose in march — that wasn't what was expected. sales were 6.7% higher than a year ago — the biggest rise in two and a half years. the competition watchdog says the uk's "big four" accounting firms must ringfence auditing from their consultancy work. it reviewed the industry after accountants failed to spot business failures at the likes of carillion and bhs. regulators found pwc‘s lead auditor of bhs spent two hours on its 2014 audit and 31 hours on better paid non—audit work. lobby group the city uk, said the plan made a good headline, but wouldn't improve things much. and pinterest, the online picture scrap—book, is valued at over 12 billion dollars, and it's another one of those that has never made a profit. shares in the tech company will launch in new york later today. we'll be keeping an eye on th

national party and nick griffin, britain first and its leader and former deputy leader, the english defence leagueunding member, a militant christian group called knights templar international and its promoter, the national front and its leader tony martin and another hard right figure called jack renshaw. what they are being banned for and not just what they are being banned for and notjust on facebook but the associated platforms like instagram which facebook phones, is for spreading hate on the basis of excluding people because of their ethnicity or inciting people to violence which is illegal. why is it happening now? the steady accumulation of pressure on facebook to stop the spread of poison on its platform has taken its toll. we are coming up to european elections and facebook want to be seen to be proactive. it is worth saying this is taking facebook into very uncomfortable territory. these are all things on the hard right and a few years ago facebook said it is not in the business of preventing free speech and it wasn't a media company. it seems to be exercising subjectivejudgment company

the english defence league and its founding member paul ray.cted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, says simply that they:. posts endorsing these individuals or groups will also now be banned. joining us to discuss these new measures is social media consultant, matt navarra. interesting that facebook has gone for particular characters and individuals. how easy is it to justify? in the current climate we are in, facebook is in a tricky position. they are already under pressure around regulation and they need to be seen to be more proactive. they need to act more responsibly and quickly and this is something that will be seen more and more. is this because it needs to be seen? they do want to do the right thing and they are trying to. but i think, also, there is an element that they need to act to prevent it from becoming more of a problem. on a practical note, does it work? what is to stop one of these organisationsjust is to stop one of these o