https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/pro-trump-operatives-coordinated-viral-stopthesteal-events-facebook-shut-them-n1246655
Pro-Trump operatives coordinated viral #StopTheSteal events. Facebook shut them down.
The group expanded at a rapid pace Thursday morning, topping out at about 350,000
profiles, some of them calling for violence.
Nov. 6, 2020, 6:29 AM JST
By Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny
プロ・トランプの運動家らのコーディネートした#StopTheStealのイベントをフェイスブック
がシャットダウン、この運動は木曜日に拡大し35万人を超え、一部は暴力や内乱を叫ぶ

As members of the group repeatedly called for violence and a civil war, leading to
turmoil inside Facebook, the group expanded at a rapid pace Thursday morning,
topping out at about 350,000 profiles. The group pointed users to organized events,
including one in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Thursday afternoon with a "#StopTheSteal"
branding.

Citing repeated "worrying calls for violence," Facebook pulled the group down by 2 p.m. ET.

"In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of
heightened tension, we have removed the group 'Stop the Steal,' which was creating
real-world events. The group was organized around the delegitimization of the election
process, and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group," a
Facebook spokesperson said.

Several other smaller "Stop the Steal" groups remain on Facebook. A spokesperson said
Facebook was "continuing to review additional content and will take action accordingly."