Ms Niamh Sweeney:

On the notion that it is in our interests to leave up pages that have huge numbers of followers because they generate revenue for Facebook, this is not the case. An account that has a set number of violations will result in the account holder losing access to his or her page or account. This is true no matter who the account holder is. There was no exception made for Britain First and that is the reason it lost its account in March.

I should add that members' accounts are also subject to cross-check, not because of the number of followers they have but because they are public figures.