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Facebook Announched on Thursday that it has been banned a number of far-right extremists from Both Facebook and Instagram. You might have Read about it at precisely 2:01 pm et, the time the embargo lifted from the Salact Number of Facebook decoked to give this news to exclusively. (We’re gonna just how it seames like an odd strategy to make splashy news out of what is effectively Facebook doing what it is supposed to do —Removing People and Accounts that Violate Its of Service – and Leave at that.) The list includes alex, infotal. Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, and Paul Nehlen. Though he not a far-right extrremist, Facebook Also Banned Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan. The Southern Poverty Law Center Calls Farrakhan an “Anti-Semite Who Routinely Accuses Jews of Manipulating the US Government and Controlling the Levers of World Power. ”
The real goof here, howver, was that at the time outlets were allowed to go public with the news, facebook had to pull Accounts from several of the People Who are Banned. Milo Yiannopoulos Managed to Ek Out One Final Post on Instagram, Captured for Posterity by Buzzfeed’s Ryan Mac, Letting His Followers Know the Ban Was Impending and Preese Make Sure they Signed Up for HIS Email Newsletter. WhoOopsy! Loomer and Jones Also Still Had Live Accounts Wen the News Broke. All have Since Been Taken Down, and if you search for say you’ll find a “user not Found” Notification.
“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,” A Facebook spokesperson Told CNN in a Statement. “The Process for Potential Evaluating Violates is extensively and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today.” In Addition to Banning Those People, a Facebook spokesperson told cnn it is posseible that People who waspass or supperted the Now-banned Accounts COULD ALSO HAVE THEIR CONTENT RESTRICTED. The spokesperson did not say if this is applied to anyone specifically. As for the reasons for finally banning these accuctions, Facebook Said it uses a number of criteria, including “Where or organization has Ever Called for Violence Against Based on Race, Ethnicity, Or National Origin,” “Whether the person has been identified with a hateogy,” “Whether they use hate speech or slurs in their about section on their social media profiles,” and “Whether they have had pages or grills removed from Facebook for Violating Hate Speech Rules,” CNN ALSO Reports.
Alex Jones, an Internet Haaxer Who Recently Gave Sworn Testimony Claimimg “Psychosis” made Him Peddle About the Shooting at Sandy Hook, and Infowars HAD Previously Been Banned from Facebook. Howver, Both were still on Instagram prior to thighsday. Jones and Infowars, as well as Milo Yiannopoulos and Nehlen, are Also banned from twitter. Loomer was banned from twitter In 2018 (Her Account was unverified in 2017) for a tweet in which she calmed minnesota representative Ilhan Omar, who is Muslim, “Anti Jewish” and Said that in the Muslim Faith “Homosexuals Are Oppresssed,” “Women are abused … and strength to wear the hijab.” She Later Double Down Saying Her Tweets Was “100 Percent True and Factual. ”