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August 18, 2017

Tech companies move to banish extremists

  • Major companies such as Google, Facebook and PayPal are banishing extremist groups and individuals for violating service terms.
    • By BARBARA ORTUTAY
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — It took bloodshed in Charlottesville to get tech companies to do what civil rights groups have been calling for for years: take a firmer stand against accounts used to promote hate and violence.

    In the wake of the deadly clash at a white-nationalist rally last weekend in Virginia, major companies such as Google, Facebook and PayPal are banishing a growing cadre of extremist groups and individuals for violating service terms.


     
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