A pro-Donald Trump Facebook group has been shut down just days after being created.
The 'Stop The Steal' group was launched by the Women for America First collective and it quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of followers in just two days.
A description of the page said: "Democrats are scheming to disenfranchise and nullify Republican votes. It's up to us, the American People, to fight and to put a stop to it.
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"Along with President Trump, we will do whatever it takes to ensure the integrity of this election for the good of the nation."
People who joined were free to post their conspiracy theories about the 2020 US Election, which included the debunked claim that voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, were told to use a Shaprie to mark their ballot paper, which would have rendered it illegible.
There were also allegations, again debunked, that vote counters were throwing out ballots marked for Donald Trump. It was also a breeding ground for misinformation about the coronavirus.
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Facebook had marked some of the posts related to the US election about the need to fact-check, however many others were not.
In addition to the controversial posts, there were also several events organised that asked for people to protest against the way the election has been going. One was listed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and had more than 1,000 people wanting to attend.
There were also a lot of calls to action and some people commented about their concern for their right to bear arms.
As a result, Facebook moved to shut the group down.
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A spokesperson for the social media site issued a statement to Rolling Stone, saying the reason behind the shutdown was because it was 'creating real-world events'.
"The group was organised around the delegitimisation of the election process, and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group," the spokesperson added.
Donald Trump has been vocal on social media since the polls closed, with the President issuing several tweets about the need to 'Stop the Fraud'.
Several of his tweets have been hidden by Twitter because 'some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process'.
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His cries that there has been widespread voter fraud seems to be emboldening his voter base that the 2020 Election is illegitimate, even though there haven't been any verified cases of widespread improper voting or ballot counting.
Joe Biden only needs six more electoral college votes left until he becomes the US President, while Donald Trump needs 56.
It will all come down to Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.
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