Facebook follows Apple and Spotify, deletes Infowars pages

Source: Axios

Facebook has removed four Pages on its platform run by controversial conservative site Infowars and its leader Alex Jones. Apple and Spotify have also removed Infowars content over the past week for violating their conduct policies.

Why it matters: Facebook has thus far refused to ban Infowars on the grounds of free speech, but now says it's taking action against the company for repeatedly posting content over the past several days that breaks the platform's Community Standards.

Facebook finally took action Monday because it says the Infowars content broke its standards by "repeatedly" posting hate speech that "attacks or dehumanizes" others.

Facebook won’t publicly say how many pieces of nefarious content a Page or person needs to post before being removed — out of fear that it could lead bad actors to abuse the system. Infowars, it seems, has met its threshold.

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