The social network called Facebook has removed dozens of profiles from its site this weekend. These profiles were from campaigners who were trying to organize anti-austerity protests this weekend. Facebook uses technology to track relationships between groups and to find “fake” profiles. A Facebook spokeswoman denied that the removal of pages was politically motivated or instigated by law enforcement concerns before the royal wedding. She explained that the profiles were suspended because they had not been registered correctly. She also said the activists would be contacted by email and told how to reactivate their accounts correctly. The Open Rights Group, which campaigns for civil liberties on the net, said that Facebook should have emailed people first and given them some notice.
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I do think that Facebook cannot remove profiles without any good reason or warning. In this case I think that Facebook removed these pages to prevent these protests and not because they had not been registered correctly. I also think that the Royal Wedding last weekend was an extra reason for Facebook to remove these pages so protests could be prevented.
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