The decision came on 18 April with the social network arguing it was prompted by the organization’s “dangerous individuals and organisations policy.”
Apart from British National party (BNP), English Defence League & Britain First, a number of individuals have also had their accounts removed, including BNP’s former chairman Nick Griffin, Britain First’s leader Paul Golding and former deputy leader Jayda Fransen; EDL’s Paul Ray, right-wing activist Jim Dowson, the National Front leader, Tony Martin; and former spokesperson for National Action Jack Renshaw.
The British National Party manifesto expresses Eurosceptic views, calls for end to illegal immigration and refugees, as well as sharia law and burqas. It also encourages zero-tolerance “on anti-social behaviour, gang culture and violent crime.”