Facebook bans far-right leaders Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being "dangerous"

[hlthe2b]

Farrrakhan is considered far-right?

The bans are a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/02/facebook-bans-far-right-leaders-including-louis-farrakhan-alex-jones-milo-yiannopoulos-being-dangerous/?utm_term=.507ba5df2df3

Facebook said on Thursday it has permanently banned several far-right figures and organizations including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Infowars host Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Laura Loomer, for being “dangerous,” a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.

Facebook had removed the accounts, fan pages, and groups affiliated with these individuals after it reevaluated the content that they had posted previously, or had reexamined their activities outside of Facebook, the company said. The removal also pertains to at least one of the organizations run by these people, Jones’ Infowars.

“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today,” Facebook said in a statement.

Jones, for example, recently hosted Gavin McInnes, the leader of the Proud Boys, which Facebook designated as a hate figure in December. Yiannopoulos, another alt-right social media star, publicly praised McInnes this year, and Loomer appeared with him at a rally. Jones has been temporarily banned before by Facebook as well as other social media platforms including Twitter.

[ck4829]

1. Good.

[lpbk2713]

2. I like listening to Calypso Joe.

He's anything but dull.

[hlthe2b]

4. ???

[lpbk2713]

5. I just looked it up.

That should have been Calypso Gene.

[hlthe2b]

6. Ya learn something every day...

[hlthe2b]

3. In answer to my earlier confusion over Farrakhan being considered "far right"

White Supremacists Praise Nation of Islam’s Message Of Separatism
October 16, 2017 By Sam Kestenbaum
White Supremacists Praise Nation of Islam’s Message Of Separatism by the Forward

https://forward.com/fast-forward/385263/white-supremacists-praise-nation-of-islams-message-of-separatism/

[Mc Mike]

7. NOI has been aligned with white nazi allies since the 1950's.

[riverine]

8. Yes, Farrakhan is a far right racist Islamist supremacist

and for those that want to claim him as "one of ours" - what the hell is wrong with you?

[hlthe2b]

10. I have seen NO ONE claiming him as "one of us" 'What the hell is wrong with YOU' for saying that?

His separatist views are well known. His antisemitism is legendary. But even WAPO has now edited their tweet to reflect that his is a different form of extremism that does not fit squarely with the likes of RW hatemongers like the others. So if you want to attack others for questioning the "differences", perhaps you want to start with the Washington Post who saw a problem with the categorization as well.

[riverine]

11. It appears that the WaPo bowed to pressure from conservatives who want to distance themselves from

Farrakhan. They bombarded the Post with complaints.

his is a different form of extremism that does not fit squarely with the likes of RW hatemongers like the others

How is his form of hate different?

The SPLC lists the NOI as a hate group just like they list the Klan as one.

[hlthe2b]

12. Again, misrepresented what I and others have said. No one here is claiming NOT a HATE Group

I'm done. I don't interact with those whose method of argument is to misrepresent what was said. Shame on you.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Good. But won't stop the low level smear to low

infos. I saw it work like a charm to defeat Beto in TX.

Corrected someone the other day who said the postmaster general got a million $ bonus. They believed it just because someone spread it. The only connection to a million was news that the PG got a relatively small bonus compared to private sector CEOs who got millions.