The Twitter account of the student organization of the right-wing Schild en Vrienden has been suspended, at the same time as those of almost 70 organizations and individuals similar. In a statement to NBC News, the network says to have done so in the face of these accounts of white nationalistic because they ” violated the policy on violent extremism “.

in order To Dries Van Langenhove, member of parliament for the Vlaams Belang and the founder of this group, it is an attempt to silence ” anyone with an opinion critical of immigration “. His own Twitter account is still active.