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    Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan And Other 'Dangerous' Individuals

    The social media platform said it was banning the high-profile individuals for engaging in hate. Jones called it an "authoritarian" move.
    by Matthew S. Schwartz May 03, 2019 3 minutes

    Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan are running out of places to espouse their views online.

    Facebook banned these high-profile personalities and several others from its social media platforms Thursday, becoming the latest tech company to officially declare them persona non grata. Many of them have already been banned from Twitter, YouTube and Apple's Podcasts app.

    In addition to Jones and Farrakhan, Facebook also kicked out right-wing extremists Milo Yiannopoulos,

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