Far-right group Forza Nuova
(FN) will file a lawsuit against Facebook Italia for defamation
and for limiting its freedom of expression, its leader Roberto
Fiore said on Wednesday after the Facebook and Instagram
accounts of FN and another far-right group, CasaPound, were
blocked on Monday.
Forza Nuova's legal office said it is collecting all the
requests for compensation presented by thousands of people whose
accounts were blocked to file a class action law suit.
"The criminal trial will have the role of raising the
political issue at the highest judicial level", said Fiore.
The official profiles of the two movements are no longer
accessible, as well as those of many national, local and
provincial chiefs including candidates elected in many Italian
cities.
CasaPound is a far-right movement based in Rome which has
neo-Fascist sympathies; FN has also frequently gained headlines
for apology of Fascism.
A Facebook spokesman earlier this week told ANSA that persons
or organizations that "spread hatred or attack others on the
basis of who they are will not have a place on Facebook and
Instagram".
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