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May 2, 2017updated 08 May 2017 9:56am

Weekly news show banned by Facebook and deleted for arguing that drugs should be legalised

By Dominic Ponsford

A weekly video news bulletin has been banned from Facebook because it argued that drugs should be legalised.

UPDATE: 5/5/2018. Facebook has reinstated Hawthorne’s channel but still not commented on the matter. He said: “No explanation, no apology and certainly no compensation but it’s good to be back.”

Former BBC and CNN journalist Leon Hawthorne launched his weekly UK-based news bulletin on Facebook two months ago.

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