BLITZER: Tonight, the social media site Facebook is taking a rare step purging its platforms of some of its most high profile and very controversial users. The company announced just a little while ago it's banning multiple people including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan who uses anti-Semitic language and right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media outlet Info Wars. The spokesman tells CNN, those users and others have been deemed dangerous for promoting violence and hate. Civil rights groups have been pressuring Facebook to take action but the company says evaluating potential violators of its policies takes time. Other people newly banned from Facebook include right wing media personalities including Laura Loomer, for example, Milo Yiannopoulos and Paul Joseph Watson. Facebook will remove groups, pages, accounts created to represent the banned individuals when it knows the individual is participating in the effort. To our viewers, thanks very much for watching. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @WolfBlitzer. Tweet the show @CNNSitroom. "ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT" starts right now.
Facebook Bans Controversial Users Deemed "Dangerous."