

Responding to the Panodrama film, Hope Not Hate’s chief executive Nick Lowles said: “This is just a desperate attempt by Stephen Lennon (Robinson) to derail a programme that will unmask his criminality, threatening and bullying behaviour and racism. “BBC Panorama’s investigation will continue.” “Some of the footage which has been released was recorded without our knowledge during this investigation and John Sweeney made some offensive and inappropriate remarks, for which he apologises. Any programme we broadcast will adhere to the BBC’s strict editorial guidelines.

“The BBC strongly rejects any suggestion that our journalism is ‘faked’ or biased. Here’s our response: Ī BBC spokeswoman said: “BBC Panorama is investigating Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon launched a ludicrous attack on HOPE not hate at his demonstration in Salford earlier today. BBC ‘investigation will continue’ See more CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.About 300 metres away, an anti-fascist protest was staged, with hundreds holding signs with slogans including “Stand up to racism” and “Stop the fascist Tommy Robinson”. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. 28K views, 388 likes, 53 loves, 392 comments, 417 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from TalkTVUK: Tommy Robinson has released this video clip he claims is 'evidence that the establishment and the elites. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account Tommy Robinson (Real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) and his supporters demonstrate against the factual documentary program Panorama which has been investigating Robinson's. Since then, Facebook said it became aware of more unacceptable activity on its platforms, as well as hate speech and calls for violence by Robinson in public. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 23: Tommy Robinson shows his video about BBC Panorama to his followers outside the BBC in Media City on Februin Manchester, England. Robinson was given a final written warning on January 24. His official Facebook page had more than 1 million followers and likes. “The more you try to censor me the more people will want to hear from us,” he said. Robinson told CNN Business Facebook’s decision amounted to censorship and would be counterproductive. The BBC said the episode followed its “strict editorial guidelines.” Robinson told CNN Business the ban was “clear evidence of the tech giants working alongside the establishment in order to silence criticism.” He said it was a direct response to a documentary he made about the BBC, which claimed the broadcaster was working with “far-left” activists to take him “down” in an upcoming episode of its Panorama series.Īround 4,000 Robinson supporters protested outside BBC offices at the weekend. (FB) said Robinson had violated its policies with posts calling Muslims “filthy scum bags” and calling on people to “make war” on Muslims, as well as multiple videos showing people being bullied. In the coming weeks, the UK government is due to publish proposals for regulating social media to reduce what it calls “online harms” and the spread of disinformation. It’s the latest example of social media companies stepping up efforts to police content on their platforms after years of criticism that they were not doing enough to stop hate speech. “This is not a decision we take lightly, but individuals and organizations that attack others on the basis of who they are have no place on Facebook and Instagram.” “Tommy Robinson’s Facebook Page has repeatedly broken these standards, posting material that uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims,” Facebook said.
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Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being removed from both platforms because he posted anti-Muslim content and engaged in activity offline supporting hate figures and groups, Facebook said in a statement.

Facebook and Instagram are banning British far-right activist Tommy Robinson for posting hate speech.
