"Defend East County" Facebook group gets deactivated | Andrew Dyer

<p>Facebook removed, then republished, then again removed the 22,000-member Defend East County group from its social media site Saturday.</p><p>The group’s founder and administrator Justin Haskins announced in a post to a separate Facebook group Saturday morning that the group was gone. However, by 7 p.m. the group was back. By 8:00 p.m., the group again disappeared from the site and remains so as of Monday morning. Neither Facebook nor Haskins responded to requests for comment Saturday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/east-county/story/2020-10-31/controversial-group-defend-east-county-removed-by-facebook" target="_blank">https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/east-county/story/2020-10-31/controversial-group-defend-east-county-removed-by-facebook</a></p>