Facebook bans accounts for several far-right figures

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The bans show Facebook is taking a firmer hand in enforcing its own service terms regarding harmful speech and misinformation.

Alex Jones is well known for proclaiming conspiracy theories through his media site InfoWars.

All of these individuals and accounts that represent them are also banned from the photo-sharing app Instagram. Jones, who peddles conspiracy theories through his media site InfoWars and has frequently said that the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged, was temporarily suspended from Facebook last year.

The Menlo Park, California-based company didn’t give details on what led to the bans this week, though a spokesperson said that Jones, Yiannopoulos and Loomer have all recently promoted Gavin McInnes, founder of the violence-prone far-right group the Proud Boys, whom Facebook banned in October. A Facebook spokesperson says Yiannopoulos and Loomer have also publicly promoted McInnes. The company didn’t specify other posts or actions taken by any of the individuals blocked on Thursday.

 

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