President Donald Trump promoted tweets from controversial figures after Facebook banned several far-right figures for pushing violence and hate.
Trump has lashed out against Facebook following the bans, tweeting on Friday that he is "continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms." On Saturday morning, he retweeted a number of Twitter users who defended the far-right personalities, including one of the banned users.
Later in the day, Trump questioned why The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC were allowed on Facebook and Twitter, saying much of their work is "FAKE NEWS.", as well as its founder Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson, the former editor-at-large for the website, which is notorious for pushing conspiracy theories, including that the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was staged.
"We've always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today," Facebook said in a statement. Trump on Saturday retweeted two messages from Watson, who now hosts a YouTube channel called Prison Planet Live.
He also promoted a tweet by Lauren Southern, a far-right author and activist who backed the anti-refugee campaign Defend Europe, which sought to harass boats attempting to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. In 2017, Southern and other activistsThe president also retweeted an anti-Islamic message from Deep State Exposed, an account tied to author Jeremy Stone, who isThe video shared by Stone and resurfaced by Trump shows a bearded man with subtitles saying Muslims will conquer the U.S.
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