Facebook has removed a video of Louis Farrakhan comparing Jewish people to termites, after Twitter said they would not take it down.

The controversial Nation of Islam leader, 85, made the comments during remarks at a 23rd anniversary event for the 1995 Million Man March held in Detroit.

He said: 'So when they talk about Farrakhan, call me a hater, call me anti-Semite. Stop it. I’m anti-Termite. I don’t know nothing about hating somebody because of their religious preference'

Facebook called the comments 'Tier 1 hate speech' in a statement to The Wrap, and pulled the video down, some time between Wednesday and Thursday.

The clip is still up on Twitter, however, as a spokesperson for the company told Buzzfeed News its new policy on 'dehumanizing' comments has not yet gone into effect.

Prominent personalities responded to his comments on Twitter, with disgust.

Leading up to the comment comparing members of the Jewish community to insects, Farrakhan said:

'In fact, to the members of the Jewish community that don’t like me, thank you very much for putting my name all over the planet because of your fear of what we represent, I can go anywhere in the world and they’ve heard of Farrakhan. Thank you very much. I’m not mad at you, because you’re so stupid.'

'The video was taken down because it violates our hate speech policies,' a representative for Facebook told The Wrap.

Facebook has removed a video posted by Louis Farrakhan, 85, comparing Jewish people to termites, made at an event on Sunday in Michigan, but Twitter has said it will not take it down

It 'refers to Jews as termites, which amounts to Tier 1 hate speech,' according to the company’s community standards, the spokesperson said.

A violation of that kind includes comparing a person or group of people to 'animals that are culturally perceived as intellectually or physically inferior,' as well as 'violent' and, more generally, 'dehumanizing speech.'

The caption with the video, as it was shared to Farrakhan's 960,000 followers on Facebook, read:

'To members of the Jewish Community that don’t like me. Thank you very much for putting my name all over the planet. Because of your fear of what we represent, I can go anywhere in the world and they’ve heard of Farrakhan. Thank you very much.'

Twitter, however, has said it will leave the clip up, because its new policies on 'dehumanizing speech' have not yet taken effect, a spokesperson told Buzzfeed News.

Those new guidelines, once instituted, will prohibit 'language that treats others as less than human ... Examples can include comparing groups to animals and viruses (animalistic), or reducing groups to a tool for some other purpose (mechanistic).'

The company did not say whether the speech would be barred under the new policy.

Prominent personalities, like Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, responded to his words with disgust

Well-known Jewish leader Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded with his own tweet on Wednesday.

'Louis Farrakhan calling Jews termites is a virtual call to genocide. The Nazis regularly referred to Jews as roaches and pests who needed to be exterminated,' Rabbi Shmuley wrote.

'I call on African-American leaders like my close friend @CoryBooker to immediately condemn this vile and loathsome attack.'

Jonathan Greenblatt, who is the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, a group with the mission 'to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all,' tweeted on Wednesday:

'Not sure what’s worse, Louis Farrakhan dehumanizing Jews & calling us termites or the crowd of people laughing & applauding his gross #antiSemitism -- & public officials standing idly by. This is in line with Farrakhan's long history of #antiSemitism. People need to speak out!'

Jonathan Greenblatt, who is the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, a group with the mission 'to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all,' spoke out against Farrakhan's words on Wednesday

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton retweeted the clip on Wednesday, adding that, 'Comparing Jews to termites is anti-Semitic, wrong and dangerous'

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton retweeted the clip on Wednesday, adding this comment:

'Comparing Jews to termites is anti-Semitic, wrong and dangerous. The responsive laughter makes my skin crawl. For everyone who rightly condemned President Trump’s rhetoric when he spoke about immigrants "infesting our country," this rhetoric should be equally unacceptable to you.'

While no action has been taken by Twitter over this clip, the company removed Farrakhan's verification status in May, due to an anti-Semitic tweet posted at that time, that read:

'Thoroughly and completely unmasking the Satanic Jew and the Synagogue of Satan.'

The social media platform told Buzzfeed it won't suspend Farrakhan's account at this time.

Facebook said that his account on that platform now has a strike against it.