Facebook closes street artist s page for hate speech

New York Aug 14 (IANS) Facebook has "unpublished" a page run by a street artist who attacked the social network s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with posters disparaging his alleged presidential aspirations media reported.

The conservative artist known as Sabo hung "F*ck Zuck 2020" posters the symbol after the "F" being a middle finger in various California cities according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The notice to shut down his page appeared on Sunday.

"Your page has been unpublished for using hate speech " read the message at the Unsavory Agents fan page run by Sabo.

Sabo a known critic of liberal politics of celebrities and corporations conducts business transactions at the website named Unsavory Agents.

"It took a week but it finally came down " the artist who uses the pen name Sabo told The Hollywood Reporter.

"Zuckerberg isn t only a thief he s thin-skinned " Sabo added.

Sabo s art also attacked in the past 2016 US presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

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