Facebook deletes "Stop the Steal" group concerned with election fraud

Facebook shut down the “Stop the Steal” group, which was created to “give a voice” to the “millions” of Americans who have raised the alarm over the 2020 election vote-counting process, less than a day after its inception.

At the time of the shutdown, the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” group, created by Women for America First, had already amassed around 365,000 members.

In a press release, the group’s executive director, Kylie Jane Kremer, said the shutdown illustrates Facebook’s selective “silencing” of conservative groups.

“In just under 24 hours, 365,000 people all across the country joined our Facebook group. Our group was formed to give a voice to the millions of Americans who are concerned about the vote-counting process,” said Kremer.

“It is absolutely beyond the pale that Facebook would selectively choose to shut down our group. Is this the same standard they are applying to left wing groups? Why isn’t Facebook de-platforming groups like Shut Down DC which are currently claiming the GOP is trying to ‘steal’ the election? The answer is obvious — they are selectively enforcing their new rules to silence conservatives.”

According to Kremer, the group did “everything” it could to ensure that they were operating within Facebook’s terms of service.

“Facebook could have flagged or deleted comments that they believed violated their terms of service or they could have notified us. Instead, they chose to simply shut down the entire group,” said Kremer.