Also being banned are the pages for Jones' Infowars site and Paul Nehlen, a white supremacist politician who mounted an unsuccessful bid last year for Paul Ryan's seat.
"We've always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology," a Facebook spokesperson told BuzzFeed News."The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today.", the company cited their policies against"dangerous Individuals and Organizations" in their decision to ban the accounts.
"For example, a sexually suggestive post will still appear in Feed if you follow the account that posts it, but this type of content may not appear for the broader community in Explore or hashtag pages," the announcement stated. In another recent caption on Instagram, Loomer wrote that Omar should be charged with treason for bringing"dangerous terrorists" into the US.
Thursday's ban will not affect users sharing content created by the influencers impacted by the ban. For instance, a user can still share a clip from Infowars from their personal account.Facebook's ban was criticized because of what appeared to be an embargo agreed to by publications like
Are they banning far left influencers also? What are they so afraid of, or are they being paid
It is just warming up grab a seat and get the popcorn 🍿
Yay censorship!!!
They also banned anti-Semite louis farrakhan but of course you left that one out, surprise surprise.
'People that say things that i dont like should not be allowed to speak! They are just like Nazis! Thats why we must shut them up, by any means necessary. Load them on a train, burn down thier houses, put them in camps. Whatever it takes to stop the Nazis.'
Ah man, don’t ban ME!
CENSORSHIP
why Facebook never bans LEFT extremists like Antifa and others?
Only person they forgot is realDonaldTrump
At least you didn’t include Louis Farrakhan in that list of Far-Right Influencers like washingtonpost did
Thoughts and prayers
Laura Loomer has been quiet since she was kicked out of CPAC for being jewish
Censorship 🙏🏾
How about Linda Sarsour.
Do you mean “are” banning?
Now they need to ban Jacob Wohl.
...the dustbin of history is large and welcoming...
Hey jack....
As they should for anyone with hate speech.
Hallelujah! These people are poison.
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