'Gas Chambers' Facebook Group One of Several That Sold Neo-Nazi Merchandise to Fund Far …

Facebook has been criticized for hosting dozens of accounts that fund neo-Nazi and extremist groups, including storefronts offering racist and anti-Semitic clothing and record labels featuring bands with names such as Gas Chambers.According to a report from the UK-Based Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), Facebook and Instagram were hosting more than 40 fascist and neo-Nazi pages that promote far-right merchandise.As well as neo-Nazi merchandise, these pages—with more than 80,000 followers in total—also promoted imagery declaring that alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse “was right.” The 17-year-old is accused of murdering two people during Black Lives Matter protests in the Wisconsin city in August.The report says these pages use encrypted messaging app Telegram, coordinating efforts to host these shopfronts and adverts on mainstream social media platforms, as well as helping to process payments and further spread propaganda.The network of accounts promoting clothing with white supremacists slogans and record labels featuring neo-Nazi metal bands are linked to two extremist groups operating out of Ukraine: Azov Battalion and Misanthropic Division.The CCDH says they first made Facebook aware of this activity on its site two years ago,  » Read More