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. @Facebook is hosting a "Stop the Steal" group run by figures close to Donald Trump and Steve Bannon.
It is calling on 300,000 members to protest at vote counts and contains calls for violence.
It has to be shut down.
It is calling on 300,000 members to protest at vote counts and contains calls for violence.
It has to be shut down.
The Stop the Steal Facebook group is calling on its 300,000 members to protest vote counts in battleground states.
One administrator has told them "Don’t worry about permits or anything like that. Just do it."
They are planning nationwide protests this Saturday.
One administrator has told them "Don’t worry about permits or anything like that. Just do it."
They are planning nationwide protests this Saturday.
One administrator of the Stop the Steal Facebook group even posted a call for military veterans to join a "fire mission" at counts in battleground states.
The Stop the Steal Facebook group contains multiple calls for violence at vote counts.
One recent post reads "Time to clean the guns, time to hit the streets."
Another says "It's time. We must resort to violence if we have to."
One recent post reads "Time to clean the guns, time to hit the streets."
Another says "It's time. We must resort to violence if we have to."
Election misinformation is spreading fast in Facebook's Stop the Steal group.
Its 300,000 members are sharing claims that fake ballots have been added to vote totals and that victories for Trump are not being announced to deny him the presidency.
Its 300,000 members are sharing claims that fake ballots have been added to vote totals and that victories for Trump are not being announced to deny him the presidency.
Women for America First is listed as the owner of the Stop the Steal Facebook group.
It’s operator is Amy Kremer, the co-chair of Women for Trump which calls itself "the official home for women who support Donald Trump".
Kremer has met with Trump personally.
It’s operator is Amy Kremer, the co-chair of Women for Trump which calls itself "the official home for women who support Donald Trump".
Kremer has met with Trump personally.
Kremer is supported by her daughter Kylie Jane Kremer, who is an administrator of the Stop the Steal Facebook group.
Like her mother, Kylie Jane is close to members of Trump's family and attended a White House event marking Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court.
Like her mother, Kylie Jane is close to members of Trump's family and attended a White House event marking Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court.
Other administrators of the Stop the Steal Facebook group are associates of Steve Bannon.
Jennifer Lawrence and Dustin Stockton both worked for Breitbart and We Build The Wall.
Lawrence has been photographed with Bannon, Trump and members of Trump's family.
Jennifer Lawrence and Dustin Stockton both worked for Breitbart and We Build The Wall.
Lawrence has been photographed with Bannon, Trump and members of Trump's family.
Stop the Steal is a blatant attempt to organise interference in vote counts across the US.
It is operated by individuals closely linked to Trump himself.
If @Facebook is serious about combatting attempts to undermine the election, it must be shut down.
It is operated by individuals closely linked to Trump himself.
If @Facebook is serious about combatting attempts to undermine the election, it must be shut down.
