What it takes to get a hate page off Facebook: A letter from the state AG

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Almost a year after state officials formally asked Facebook to take action to remove a racist and anti-Semitic group page, the globe-spanning social network has finally taken the page down.

The offices of New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy acknowledged Facebook's action against the page, "Rise Up Ocean County," in a joint announcement Wednesday.

State officials first expressed concern to Facebook about the page in a letter sent ten months ago, they write. "Since then, we've consistently and repeatedly made clear our view that the page appeared to violate Facebook's terms of service, and we appreciate that Facebook has now decided that this kind of hateful rhetoric has no place on its platform."

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