Emails reveal Instagram is considering labelling Alex Jones a 'hate figure.' He was banned from Facebook last year.
Business Insider has obtained a lengthy Facebook email chain in which executives discuss Alex Jones' future on Instagram and removing an inflammatory post.
They reveal that Instagram is considering labelling Jones a"hate figure," which would involve banning him from the platform. Jones was barred from Facebook last year. The painting shows what appear to be caricatures of six Jewish men sitting around a Monopoly board, which is being held up by four subservient figures, shorn of their clothes. The post has now been deleted.After BI reported the post and approached Facebook for comment, it sparked a lengthy email conversation at Facebook, the contents of which have been obtained by this publication.
In the message, copied below, the escalations specialist noted that there have been"internal discussions" about Jones and his designation as a"hate figure," but that his account does not violate Facebook's community standards.If Jones was designated as a"hate figure" he would be banned from Instagram and praise or support for his work would be prohibited.
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