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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by multjoy on Saturday January 23, 2021 @05:31AM (#25881250)
Sinn Fein had literal terrorists as members and were proscribed by government. This is the exact opposite of what has been seen in relation to the deplatforming on social media sites.
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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by jjgreen on Saturday January 23, 2021 @07:41AM (#25881802)
Sinn Fein were never proscribed, they were the political wing of the Provisional IRA (which very-much was proscribed), but were never illegal themselves. This makes sense for both sides, to keep lines of communication open.
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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by angry_octet on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:24AM (#25882026)
The UK Govt at one point passed legislation that meant Sinn Fein voices could not be broadcast. This was circumvented by having the words repeated exactly in sync with the vision by a voice actor.

You have to wonder if the current BBC would have the gumption to circumvent it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_br...

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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by rgblambda on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:37AM (#25882093)
Gerry Adams claimed he was first arrested for selling the party newspaper. There was a strange, not illegal but harassed anyway, sort of relationship between Sinn Fein and the authorities.
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