(CNN) The Facebook page for a group named Rise Up Ocean County was taken down Wednesday after New Jersey officials accused them of featuring "racist and anti-Semitic statements." Facebook said it had reviewed the page periodically over the past few months and removed specific posts that violated its rules. Rise Up Ocean County decried Facebook's move on its website , calling it a "heavy hand on censorship." Some of the posts on the group's Facebook page raise criticisms of the local government. In response to Facebook pulling down its page, Rise Up Ocean County said on its website they are forming two legal charters to fight back.

Source: CNN February 07, 2020 00:00 UTC