White nationalist groups encouraging ambushes of George Floyd protests suspended on Facebook

Racist groups were attempting to encourage their users to bring weapons to protests, according to the social media company.

Facebook has suspended a number of accounts associated with white nationalist groups after they advocated bringing weapons to ongoing protests in the US.
The social media company also took down a number of pages and accounts which were connected to a fake antifa account operated by white supremacists which Twitter removed on Monday.
Protests continue in the United States following the police killing of George Floyd, with a number of peaceful protests being attacked by police following President Donald Trump's call for the authorities to "dominate the streets".
Two white supremacist groups were identified agitating by Facebook during these protests, with the site taking action before completing its investigation due to the risk of violence.
Among the suspended accounts were some that attempted to organise members to attend a local protest armed with weapons.
According to executives at the company who spoke to Reuters, these accounts were removed based on their behaviour and not their political opinions.

President Trump last week accused the entire social media industry of censorship and anti-conservative bias, signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for the sites as publishers.