Facebook Cracks Down On More Extremists, Bans Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, And Others

May 2, 2019 Extremists, Social Media

The Washington Post reports:

Facebook said on Thursday it has permanently banned several far-right figures and organizations including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Infowars host Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Laura Loomer, for being “dangerous,” a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.

Facebook had removed the accounts, fan pages, and groups affiliated with these individuals after it reevaluated the content that they had posted previously, or had reexamined their activities outside of Facebook, the company said. The removal also pertains to at least one of the organizations run by these people, Jones’ Infowars.

“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today,” Facebook said in a statement.

Jones had previously been personally banned from Facebook but now his multiple affiliated pages are banned and he’s been banned from Facebook-owned Instagram as well. Whee!



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