Alex Jones took another major blow this week.
Following bans from Twitter and Periscope, Apple has permanently banned Jones’ InfoWars app from its App Store.
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Twitter bans Alex Jones and InfoWars for good
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Twitter just became the latest social platform to ban Alex Jones and InfoWars.
The social media company has “permanently suspended” Jones and InfoWars from Twitter and Periscope, the company announced Thursday.
The decision comes just one day after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before Congress at a hearing that was also attended by Jones. Periscope video showed the InfoWars host confronting CNN reporter Oliver Darcy after the hearing, which prompted the company’s decision to ban the accounts.
“We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts’ past violations,” Twitter wrote in a statement. The company say that it will “continue to evaluate” other accounts “potentially associated” with Jones and InfoWars. Read more…
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Twitter’s decision to provide Alex Jones with a platform came down from the very top.
A recent report from the Wall Street Journal details the internal decisions at Twitter that have kept Alex Jones on the app — even as other tech companies, like Apple, Facebook, and YouTube, decided Jones was no longer welcome.
Apparently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey himself stepped in and overruled staff recommendations to remove Alex Jones from the service.
Per the Wall Street Journal, “Mr. Dorsey told one person that he had overruled a decision by his staff to kick Mr. Jones off, according to a person familiar with the discussion.” Read more…
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“I have lost everything standing up for the truth in America, spent all my savings, destroyed all my friendships, and ruined my whole life,” Yiannopoulos wrote. “At some point, you realize it’s occasionally better to spend the money on crabs and cocktails.”
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If you think your mentions are bad, imagine what @Jack sees when he checks Twitter.
@Jack is of course Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter. And each day he is tagged in a deluge of tweets. His mentions must fly by so fast they look like a slot machine.
We’re committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation, and to hold ourselves publicly accountable towards progress.
— jack (@jack) March 1, 2018
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