This combination of file photo shows minister Louis Farrakhan (left), the leader of the Nation ofIslam, in Tehran, Iran, on November 8, 2018, and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in Washington onSeptember 5, 2018, (right). Facebook has banned Farrakhan, Jones and others from its platformand from Instagram saying they violated its ban against hate and violence. The company saidyesterday that it has also banned extreme right-wing figures Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, PaulJoseph Watson, Laura Loomer and the conservative conspiracy site Infowars. Jones was alreadybanned from Facebook but not from Instagram. (Photo: AP)

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This combination of file photo shows minister Louis Farrakhan (left), the leader of the Nation of Islam, in Tehran, Iran, on November 8, 2018, and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in Washington on September 5, 2018, (right). Facebook has banned Farrakhan, Jones and others from its platform and from Instagram saying they violated its ban against hate and violence. The company said yesterday that it has also banned extreme right-wing figures Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer and the conservative conspiracy site Infowars. Jones was already banned from Facebook but not from Instagram. (Photo: AP)

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