A University of Washington student, who wished to remain anonymous, holds a sign reading "Hate Has No Place" during the We Are Not Silent rally organized by the Coalition of Asian-American Pacific Islanders ( AAPI) Against Hate and Biss in Bellevue, Wash. On March 18, 2021. - The shooting unleashed in Atlanta by a 21-year-old white man that left six Asian women dead exposed fears of an American community -Asian in the throes of an outbreak of hate crimes due to the Coronavirus pandemic. (AFP) News 

Facebook to remove posts praising the Atlanta shooting

Social networking service Facebook is taking action against hate messages and misinformation surrounding the mass shooting that left eight people dead in Atlanta earlier this week. According to Mashable, on March 16, Robert Aaron Long allegedly shot and killed eight people at three different businesses in Atlanta: Young’s Asian Massage Parlor, Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa. Seven of the victims were women. Six have been identified as Asians. According to the company, he refers to the filming as a violent event . This essentially means that Facebook will remove any…

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