{"id":4685,"date":"2020-10-21T22:41:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2020-10-21T22:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:41:01","slug":"far-left-internet-servicevice-rejoices-in-getting-a-number-of-anti-forced-masking-groups-banned-from-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4685","title":{"rendered":"Far Left Internet Service&#8221;Vice&#8221; Rejoices in Getting a Number of Anti-Forced Masking Groups Banned from Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Far Left Internet Service&#8221;Vice&#8221; Rejoices in Getting a Number of Anti-Forced Masking Groups Banned from Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Shortly after VICE News reached out about Canadian anti-masker groups, Facebook deleted several of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/contributor\/mack-lamoureux\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/contributors\/57a206a2855f09dfac595712\/lede\/1494095896680-17425886_10155881709300329_8679913723836094094_n-2.jpeg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,center&amp;resize=100:*\" alt=\"Mack Lamoureux\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/contributor\/mack-lamoureux\">Mack Lamoureux<\/a>Toronto, CAOctober 21, 2020, 2:45pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/END-THE-LOCKDOWN-RALLY-TORONTO-SEPTEMBER-26-2020-3-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/END-THE-LOCKDOWN-RALLY-TORONTO-SEPTEMBER-26-2020-3-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/END-THE-LOCKDOWN-RALLY-TORONTO-SEPTEMBER-26-2020-3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/END-THE-LOCKDOWN-RALLY-TORONTO-SEPTEMBER-26-2020-3-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/END-THE-LOCKDOWN-RALLY-TORONTO-SEPTEMBER-26-2020-3-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman takes part in an anti-mask rally in Montreal, on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Paul Chiasson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook\n has deleted several of Canada\u2019s largest anti-mask groups, including \nthose that organized massive protests in Vancouver and Toronto last \nweekend, following a request for comment from VICE News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From\n Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, the social media giant deleted \nThe Line, which had 4,500 members in its private group and almost 30,000\n followers on its publicly facing page, M.A.D. (Mothers Against \nDistancing), with over 7,000 members in its private group, and a private\n group based solely around organizing anti-mask Santa Claus parades, \nwhich had over 2,600 members.\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mothers\n Against Distancing is the group tied to Chris Saccoccia, the wealthy \nchildless son of a Toronto-area property developer, who has garnered \nheadlines for his anti-mask stunts such as organizing anti-mask raves \nand trying to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/wxqanq\/a-rich-anti-masker-chris-saccoccia-is-starting-a-mask-free-private-school-system-for-his-followers-kids\">a private school system<\/a>\n in which all the staff are anti-maskers, and was recently arrested for \nbreaking quarantine when coming back to Canada from Europe. VICE News \nhas reached out to Saccoccia for comment but has yet to receive a \nresponse.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/section\/world\">World News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/wxqm9m\/anti-masker-bro-fined-dollar1000-for-speaking-at-large-rally-during-quarantine\">Anti-Masker Bro Fined $1,000 for Speaking at Large Rally During Quarantine<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mack Lamoureux09.29.20<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/wxqm9m\/anti-masker-bro-fined-dollar1000-for-speaking-at-large-rally-during-quarantine\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According\n to Facebook, the pages were removed for repeated violations of its \ncommunity standards. While the company allows anti-mask events to be \norganized on its site, events must not violate government COVID-19 \nregulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When\n reached for comment, a Facebook spokesperson shared a statement made by\n Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity at Facebook, saying the company has been \nworking to reduce misinformation on its platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs\n this pandemic evolves, we\u2019ll continue focusing on the most effective \nways to keep misinformation and dangerous hoaxes about COVID-19 off our \napps and ensure people have credible information from health experts to \nstay safe and informed,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook said it is currently reviewing other anti-mask groups in Canada\u2014including one with more than 9,000 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The  anti-mask Facebook groups have been a central hub for anti-mask  organizing in Canada and a driving force in the spread of Canadian  COVID-19 medical misinformation. Events borne from these groups include  the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7404795\/vancouver-anti-mask-rally-day-2\/\">two-day rally in Vancouver<\/a> last weekend where <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/anti-mask-protesters-banned-from-b-c-ferries-after-causing-a-disturbance\">anti-maskers got banned from ferries for accosting customers<\/a>, and the weekly protests in Toronto, dubbed Freedom Rallies, which have grown from a smattering of people in a park to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narcity.com\/news\/ca\/on\/toronto\/antimask-protest-in-toronto-drew-huge-crowds-even-the-grim-reaper-showed-up\">hundreds of mostly white people marching through the city&#8217;s downtown<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far Left Internet Service&#8221;Vice&#8221; Rejoices in Getting a Number of Anti-Forced Masking Groups Banned from Facebook &#8220;Shortly after VICE News reached out about Canadian anti-masker groups, Facebook deleted several of them. by Mack LamoureuxToronto, CAOctober 21, 2020, 2:45pm A woman &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4685\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2494,2496,2495,2218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}