Instagram is supposedly thinking about whether to prohibit Alex Jones

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones‘ days on Facebook-owned Instagram may be numbered.

Business Insider, mentioning internal Facebook e-mails, reported Thursday that Instagram is thinking about whether to designate Jones a “hate figure,” which would include disallowing him from the photo-sharing website. 

The conversation followed Jones, who established conspiracy website InfoWars, published a picture of a painting by United States artist Mear One that some Facebook executives thought about anti-Semitic. The post, which has actually been taken down, revealed a picture of what seems “caricatures of six Jewish men sitting around a Monopoly board, which is being held up by four subservient figures, shorn of their clothes,” according to Business Insider, which reported earlier about the painting.

Initially, Facebook’s danger and reaction group stated the post did not break the social media network’s guidelines, however then the business’s UK executives argued that the post was anti-Semitic, the report stated. 

“This image is commonly acknowledged to be anti-Semitic and is a well-known image in the UK due to public debate around it. If we return and state it does not break we will remain in for a lot [of] criticism,” a member of the policy group stated in an e-mail acquired by Business Insider, which did not call the executives.

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The artist who painted Mear One has pushed back against the idea that the painting is anti-Semitic.

CNET has not been able to independently verify the contents of the emails, but a Facebook spokesperson confirmed they are looking into Jones’ accounts. 

“As this email correspondence shows, we continually monitor and review whether people are involved in organized hate on our platform,” a Facebook spokesperson said. “We’ve already taken down InfoWars’ Facebook Page, but Alex Jones has a network of presences online and we are evaluating how to appropriately enforce our policies against him as an individual. We’re committed to being diligent and will share an update when that process has run its course.” 

Facebook, which barred white nationalist and white separatist content this week, has been under pressure to combat hate speech. The company suspended Jones’ personal profile in July and has been pulling down pages linked to Jones.

Jones, contacted through InfoWars’ site, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.