Facebook Boots Anti-‘Black Panther’ Group for Violating Community Standards

“Down With Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys” has been removed

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Try and mess with “Black Panther,” and you’ll be messing with Mark Zuckerberg soon enough.

Facebook has yanked the page of the Anti-Disney, Anti-Marvel, alt-right-leaning group that was angling to sabotage the upcoming superhero flick’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score.

The social network removed the page for violating its “community standards” on Friday. Marvel Studios News posted a screenshot of the exiling. The group’s page is currently unavailable if you search it.

Facebook did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment on if the banishment is permanent or the exact violation.

The group, dubbed “Down With Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys,” had set up an event — “Give Black Panther a Rotten Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes” — with nearly 4,000 members ready to trash “Black Panther” sight unseen.

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