Facebook banned Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and Milo Yiannopoulos today, saying their presence on the sites violated its policies against dangerous individuals and organizations
Facebook Thursday banned from its flagship social network and its subsidiary Instagram the Infowars site and its leader Alex Jones, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, saying their presence on the sites violated its policies against dangerous individuals and organizations.
But Facebook's suspension did not bar Jones and other Infowars organizers from having accounts on the platform, and both Jones and his site remained active on Facebook-owned Instagram.Sign Up "The action today means these individuals can no longer maintain an account on Facebook or Instagram," a Facebook spokesperson said in an email.
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