‘Facebook ordered to shut loyalist pages over threats’

Published on 21 January 2013

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Two web pages used by loyalist flag protesters on Facebook will be shut down. A judge ordered their closure after threatening comments were posted alongside images of a Catholic man living in the flashpoint Short Strand eastern district of the city, which has seen violent protests against the controversial decision to reduce the number of days the Union flag is flown over Belfast City Hall.

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