Facebook and Instagram just banned a bunch of rightwingnuts-WaPo caves on listing Farrakhan

by MTmofo

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Thursday, May. 02, 2019 Thursday, May. 02, 2019 at 11:56:24am PDT

NEWS: Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, InfoWars, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer and Paul Nehlen from its platforms after designating them "dangerous" https://t.co/Vpd6SEd9h7
Ã¢ÂÂ Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 2, 2019

But, there is a downside

Wow. Not only is Facebook banning Alex Jones. It will remove Infowars content posted by any account. And if you share infowars stuff too many times, you'll get banned too. https://t.co/tSbh9j0X8w pic.twitter.com/YUal6LnVui
Ã¢ÂÂ Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) May 2, 2019

Atlantic, the Verge, CNN, and Washington Post posted this story within a minute of each other and the Atlantic has a complicated photoshop of the people bannedÃ¢ÂÂthis is weird news for FB to release under embargo! https://t.co/sXA3x0kyc5
Ã¢ÂÂ Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) May 2, 2019

Thursday, May 2, 2019 · 9:00:40 PM +00:00 · MTmofo

so true https://t.co/3KhOXJBVlx
Ã¢ÂÂ Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 2, 2019