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Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page
Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page Facebook has removed a page originating in Ocean County following complaints from Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Grewal that it promoted anti-Semitism.  Facebook's decision to unpublish "Rise Up Ocean County," comes about 10 months after Rachel Wainer Apter, director of the state's Division on Civil Rights, sent the social media giant a letter expressing concerns about racist and anti-Semitic statements on the page.  The Facebook page, and its 19,000 likes, went silent on Wednesday morning.  Rise Up Ocean County administrators posted Facebook's notification on a separ…

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by Jon Craig