<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: Facebook and Instagram Crack Down on (Some) Extremists
Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan were among those banned. Plus: The “5GE” on your phone is definitely not 5G, using air conditioning to help combat climate change, and more
by Saahil Desai
May 02, 2019
2 minutes
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(The Atlantic)
Accounts from Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Louis Farrakhan—among several others—were all kicked off both platforms. The move comes as Facebook, which owns Instagram, continues to grapple with its inability to root out extremist views and misinformation, and its complicity in election interference. Instagram might be best known for seemingly flawless influencers,
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