Leaked emails reveal Facebook's intense internal discussion over Alex Jones' 'anti-Semitic' post on

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Source: Business Insider

Leaked emails reveal Facebook's intense internal discussion over Alex Jones' 'anti-Semitic' post on Instagram

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Facebook's deliberations about the notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have been laid bare in a lengthy email trail seen by Business Insider.

On the day Facebook announced it was barring white nationalism and white separatism from its platform, more than 20 Facebook and Instagram executives discussed an inflammatory post by the Infowars host.

It follows Business Insider's reporting the post to Instagram on Wednesday. It featured a picture of a painting by the US artist Mear One that is considered to have anti-Semitic messaging.

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 been deleted.

After we reported the post and approached Facebook for comment, a lengthy email conversation began at Facebook. We have seen the contents of the discussion. Britain's Channel 4 News also obtained the emails.

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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-emails-reveal-discussion-about-alex-jones-instagram-account-2019-3

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[Mosby]

1. the only thing they care about is being exposed

Zuckerberg should be ashamed of himself.

And FYI mark, putting your risk-and-response team in Ireland to deal with antisemitism was your first mistake.