Facebook last week announced that it had designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who is notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as ‘dangerous’ and said it would remove them from its platforms. CNN reports that Jones and his media outlet InfoWars had previously been banned from Facebook in August 2018, but had maintained a presence on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Others banned include Paul Nehlen, an anti-Semite who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2016 and 2018, and fringe right-wing media personalities Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos and Paul Joseph Watson. ‘We've always banned individuals or organisations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,’ Facebook said in a statement.