Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan are among the group of 'dangerous' personalities that Facebook has banned from its site today in an attempt to purge 'dangerous' content.
Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan are among the group of 'dangerous' personalities that Facebook has banned from its site today in an attempt to purge 'dangerous' content.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has often fallen under fire for his extremist right-wing remarks. Accounts such as his have been banned from all of Facebook's platforms as of today.
Farrakhan's recent anti-Semetic statements place him and other figures in violation of Facebook hate speech rules.
"We've always banned individuals or organisations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology," the statement reads.
Facebook representatives have made it clear that they have purged hate-oriented accounts regardless of political ideology.
Facebook is following in the steps of Twitter, who have already begun to weed out any accounts that promote violence, hate speech, or ideology that affects the safety of others on the platform.