The social media giants have removed the Instagram account of the ISIS terrorist who gunned down a British soldier last week. The gunman, who is believed to be a British-born Muslim convert, used the account to post violent videos of himself. The removal of the gunman’s accounts follows a number of other high-profile cases where the Web giants have removed similar content from their sites. Twitter and Facebook have both removed a number of profiles belonging to the terrorist suspect, including one for the accounts of the suspect’s own sister.

The gunman, who shot dead two and injured a third in a rampage in the city of Plymouth in southern England on Friday, had a history of posting angry, violent messages online. Social media companies on Sunday removed his accounts and posted a warning to others. They said that posts he had made “encouraged or glorified violence and may be dangerous”. “We take our responsibilities to protect our users very seriously,” said a Twitter statement. Facebook said that his accounts had been removed.

Rex Features Ltd. do not claim any Copyright or License of the attached image Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (12275609k) Jake Davison, 23, who has been identified by locals as the gunman who murdered five people before shooting himself dead in Plymouth yesterday. Davison is an apprentice crane operator who is reported to have kicked down the door of a house in Biddick Drive and starting shooting at people inside, which included a member of his family. One witness said she heard he had shot his brother. Armed with a shotgun or (long-barreled gun) and dressed in black and grey clothing he then left the property and began shooting at strangers as he walked along the cul-de-sac before killing another person in Henderson Place. He continued his rampage entering a nearby park where he opened fire on two dog walkers. Police said the shootings were not terror related. Jake Davison gunman who killed five in Plymouth shooting, Devon, UK - 13 Aug 2021

On Thursday night, gunman Jake Davison, 22, killed five people (Photo: Rex/Shutterstock).

The social media accounts that housed the Plymouth gunman’s postings on his failing love life have been deactivated.

Jake Davison’s Facebook page included conspiracy beliefs similar to those promoted by QAnon followers, including postings about US government “paedophiles” and “devil worshippers.”

He moaned about being a “f****** obese ugly virgin” in numerous YouTube vlogs, characterized himself as “defeated in life,” and seemed to follow a lot of pro-gun accounts.

Davison, 22, killed five people before turning the pistol on himself in the deadliest mass shooting in Britain since 2010.

He identified as a ‘incel,’ which stands for ‘involuntary celibacy,’ a member of an online subculture of individuals who lament their inability to have a sexual life.

Davison’s YouTube and Facebook profiles had been deactivated by Friday noon, and a Reddit account thought to be his could not be accessed on Friday evening.

His account was deactivated due to Facebook’s dangerous people and organizations policy, which prohibits mass killers from using either platform.

YouTube, which is owned by Google, said the gunman’s account had been suspended due to his offline behavior.

These are the YouTube videos belonging to the reported Plymouth gunman Jake Davison who shot multiple people and then himself last night. See SWNS story SWOCshooter. In the videos posted a few weeks before the killings the bodybuilder talks about depression, teenage love and how bad his life has been.

Davison wrote video diaries on melancholy, adolescent love, and how terrible his life has been. (Photo courtesy of Jake Davison/YouTube)

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10157878279657895&set=a.430289402894 Lee Martyn Sophie Martyn **NO PERMISSION PLEASE LEGAL**

Sophie Martyn, three, and her father, Lee Martyn, 43, were murdered.

PLYMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 13: Police teams work near the scene on Biddick Drive following a shooting in Keyham yesterday evening on August 13, 2021 in Plymouth, England. Police were called to a serious firearms incident in the Keyham area of Plymouth on Thursday evening where lone gunman, named by police as Jake Davison, 22, shot and killed five people before turning the gun on himself. (Photo by William Dax/Getty Images)

Emergency personnel in Plymouth’s Keyham neighborhood react to the atrocity. (Photo courtesy of Getty)

According to the internet giant, rules on the platform ban inciting violence, which includes urging people to travel to a certain location to conduct violence or to commit violence at a specific time.

Google also said that it would cooperate with any police demands made in accordance with the law.

According to reports, Davison’s Reddit account was banned on August 11 for violating the site’s rules.

Members of the public attend a vigil for the victims of the Keyham mass shooting at North Down Crescent Park in Keyham, Plymouth after six people, including the offender, died of gunshot wounds in a firearms incident on Thursday evening. Picture date: Friday August 13, 2021. PA Photo. Devon and Cornwall Police have named those that died as three-year-old Sophie Martyn and her father Lee Martyn, 43; Stephen Washington, 59 , Kate Shepherd, 66, and Maxine Davison, 51, the mother of gunman Jake Davison. See PA story POLICE Keyham. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

A public vigil for the victims of the horrific shooting is held at North Down Crescent Park. (Photo courtesy of PA)

‘We take these concerns extremely seriously,’ said a spokesman for the social network. ‘We’re still looking into it.’

Davison opened fire with a ‘pump action shotgun’ in the Keyham neighborhood of the city just after 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Among his victims were his mother and a three-year-old daughter. All of the victims have been identified and photographed.

A police officer shouted at passers-by to ‘get away please’ as footage of the incident seemed to show a person’s corpse laying on a pavement.

Additional Information: Social Media

The footage was widely circulated on social media, despite clear requests from local MPs and Devon and Cornwall Police not to do so.

Twitter claimed it had taken down a number of tweets about the assault that had “violated our rules, including our Sensitive Media policy,” according to the company.

Chief constable Shaun Sawyer of Devon and Cornwall Police revealed tonight that investigators are looking into Davison’s social media activity as part of their inquiry.

MORE: After revoking a Plymouth shooter’s gun license, police handed it back to him last month.

MORE: ‘After the mass shooting in Plymouth, we need to put a halt to US gun videos in the UK.’

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