“For too long, Facebook and other social media companies have claimed not to be ‘arbiters of the truth’ that appears on their platforms,” he said. The social media companies not only have the right, but an ethical responsibility to remove disinformation and hate speech and those who spread it from their platforms.”Many of the users barred by Facebook had previously been prohibited on other social media services. Mr. Yiannopoulos, a former Breitbart editor and far-right media personality, was banned from Twitter in 2016 after leading a harassment campaign against the actress Leslie Jones. Mr. Watson said in a tweet that he was given no reason for his eviction by Facebook. Mr. Yiannopoulos told his Instagram followers to sign up for his email newsletter.

Source: New York Times May 02, 2019 19:30 UTC