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After angry scenes in Parliament, both pro - and anti-British EU-exit groups were flooded with threats

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things, However, are on Facebook a lot worse.

A BBC investigation has found that some of The MostContent ='JJ Lin'> popular and most influential of the closed-Facebook-filled groups on the Brexit - both for and against, with violent language, including dozens of death threats aimed at the individual members.

Facebook says it does not allow hatred, and examines the recorded material from the BBC.

What have to say the posts?

outlet, We have access to some of the largest and most active of the "closed" or "private," pro - and anti-British EU Facebook groups, and they investigated the following.

The groups had thousands of members, and in some cases, tens of thousands of

unlike in open or "public" groups, posts in closed "private" Facebook groups can only be seen by members to be approved.

A common theme in the pro-Brexit groups want to hang opposition MPs for "treason". This appeared repeatedly in the contributions of several Facebook users, the number of private groups.

For example, this contribution to the UK's EU appeared in a pro-exit group:

Many of the posts spoke of hanging the MPs for treason

Earlier this year, Labour MP Yvette CooperContent ='JJ Lin'> , a Facebook employee asked about closed groups, highlighting a with 30,000 members, which will be shot in a post-call for you and your family. The GroupContent ='JJ Lin'> was later removed.

Cooper told the BBC: "We have concerns about closed groups with Facebook on A NumberContent ='JJ Lin'> of occasions and their answers, never good enough. "

"Social MediaContent ='JJ Lin'> companies have a responsibility to proactively try to access that Content with the technology and the right presenters," She SaidContent ='JJ Lin'> .

In August, Facebook of "closed" groups of "private" groups. Groups as "open" are referred to now as "public" in The NetworkContent ='JJ Lin'> .

In a statement, said a Facebook spokesman: "Every single piece of Content in private groups can be reported. We also use the Artificial IntelligenceContent ='JJ Lin'> technology to proactively detect and remove malicious Content in these groups, as we on Facebook.

"Where we see malicious Content in private groups, we will remove it.

"the proportion Of the Content we remove proactive thanks to this technology, and also reactively in response to user reports is largely on public and private groups. "

Yvette CooperContent ='JJ Lin'> has argued, expressed frustration about the tech company's

Cooper, that independent regulation is required, as well as larger fines for companies that slowly with violent Content .

In response to the BBC investigation, said: "self-satisfaction, or to demand, ignorance is outrageous, when we all know the terrible consequences that there can be, if hate-filled and violent Content is allowed to reproduce. "

Another image in a pro-British EU exit Facebook group Death ThreatContent ='JJ Lin'> comments

as well as pictures like the one above, violent messages in the comments under harmless posts.

The BBC found dozens of examples of such comments in closed groups, including several examples of death threats to certain members.

The profiles of the commentators say that they are Real PeopleContent ='JJ Lin'> , living in the UK.

dozens of comments contained the outlet of death threats against the MPs Anti-British EU-groups

Of the more closed groups, seen by the BBC, the pro-British EU exit one of those who tend to be more violent Content .

in the time of the European elections in may, reached the same conclusion.

However, we have found that Stay-backing groups, the threats of the violent comments, including murder.

Pro-EU groups also contained death threats, What's next for the privacy on Facebook?

Facebook is in The ProcessContent ='JJ Lin'> of increasing its focus on private communication, after scandals such as,

"I believe that The FutureContent ='JJ Lin'> of communication will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services, where people can be sure that what you say to each other remains secure and your messages and Content will not stay for ever," chief executive Mark ZuckerbergContent ='JJ Lin'> wrote earlier this year.

"privacy gives people the freedom to be themselves and, of course, is to make why we have social networks," he wrote.

In practice, this means a greater focus on closed spaces such as private groups and Facebook MessengerContent ='JJ Lin'> , rather than The PublicContent ='JJ Lin'> groups, or the Public NewsContent ='JJ Lin'> Feed. However, experts say, means, this, extreme, Content can spread virally, largely unnoticed by outsiders.

"Closed Social MediaContent ='JJ Lin'> channels have become a hotbed of illegal and harmful Content in the last few years," says Chloe Colliver of The InstituteContent ='JJ Lin'> for Strategic Dialogue, a Think TankContent ='JJ Lin'> , examines the online extremism and polarization.

"With little-to-no access for researchers to monitor these spaces, Social MediaContent ='JJ Lin'> platforms," in the responsibility to and to remove illegal and threatening behavior is largely uncontrolled, in closed Facebook groups. "

Last year, the yellow jackets protests in France were largely organized, i.e., the authorities knew very little about them to spread to you, during the last election campaign in India and Brazil, missing information in the encrypted chat app owned by Facebook.

Closed groups in connection with and.

Chloe Colliver that the proliferation of closed groups "can be public figures, but also open to vulnerable minorities, to the increasingly violent attacks online, and the subsequent fear of the violence spills over into the offline world.

"feel The ThreatContent ='JJ Lin'> to our democratic representatives and the wider opportunity for All CitizensContent ='JJ Lin'> to secure engagement in the democratic debate is enormous. "

A Facebook spokesman said: "The GroupContent ='JJ Lin'> charged, by Yvette CooperContent ='JJ Lin'> , has been removed because it violates our policies, and we examine the additional Content identified by the BBC.

"In two years we have almost tripled, the share of hate, we talk about proactively remove from Facebook, before it is reported to us, to 65%, but we know that it will do more. We will continue to improve our technology and with policy makers to ensure that our platforms remain secure. "

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