Facebook has announced a decision to ban all controversial far-right extremists groups from their platforms. Facebook claims the ban is an attempt to contain misinformation and extremism that has increasingly spread across the platform and their subsidiary Instagram. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Among the far-right leaders and their groups, Facebook has listed as …
Read More »Is The Removal of Alex Jones and Infowars’ Content In Violation of Freedom of Speech?
Infringement of the First Amendment or censorship? That’s one question which is up for debate following this week’s news surrounding the ban of radio show host and conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones’ online content and website, Infowars. On Monday, Facebook removed several of Jones’ affiliated pages due to a violation of …
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