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It’s been a bad week for Right-wingers. As well as Brussels police shutting down today’s National Conservative conference, reports have surfaced that Facebook has decided to ban the Right-wing Portuguese party Chega for a whopping 10 years.

There’s just one problem: the social media giant hasn’t said why. When pressed, Facebook pointed to examples including a video on the platform, which references “Portugal’s Gypsy Community”. However, Chega defended itself by claiming that the video had already been posted by various news outlets.

The party called Facebook’s decision “absolutely incomprehensible”, labelling the move “persecution of a political party”. Later, party officials confirmed that they would be taking Meta to court over the ban. We’ll be waiting with baited breath for the Zuck’s response…