07/08/2013

Protestant Coalition Protest Outside Facebook HQ

A number of members of the Protestant Coalition, the group behind the 'Love Ulster' parade in the north which caused rioting in Belfast, have held a protest at the European headquarters of Facebook in Dublin.

Leader of the group Willie Frazer has accused the internet firm of "apparent stupidity or sectarianism", over the removal of posts and images from the Protestant Coalition Facebook page and his own personal profile.

It is understood that Facebook have admitted that content had been removed from the groups page "in error" and that the page itself was taken down for a short time last weekend "in error".

"If we get no joy we'll be back down and next time there will be more of us," Mr Frazer told the Irish Independent.

(MH/CD)


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