- While most major social media sites removed Jones from their platforms Monday, his Twitter accounts remain live.
- Facebook, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify removed Jones’ shows or pages from their platforms, citing breaches of policies against hate speech or graphic content — but not the conspiracy theories for which he’s known.
Alex Jones can keep tweeting, for now.
While most major social media sites removed Jones from their platforms Monday, his Twitter accounts remain live. Jones and his associated accounts aren’t currently in violation of Twitter’s rules, Twitter said in a statement to USA TODAY.
Facebook, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify removed Jones’ shows or pages from their platforms, citing breaches of policies against hate speech or graphic content — but not the conspiracy theories for which he’s known.
Jones, a far-right pundit and provocateur, has been criticized for promoting widely debunked theories. Among other things, he said the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders were staged, and he said survivors of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting were actors.
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He has a large following on social media, including 836,000 followers on Twitter. And he’s been praised by President Donald Trump, who appeared on InfoWars during the 2016 presidential campaign.
YouTube, Jones’ most profitable social media channel, removed his content for violating community standards. The company sent this statement to USA TODAY: “When users violate these policies repeatedly, like our policies against hate speech and harassment or our terms prohibiting circumvention of our enforcement measures, we terminate their accounts.”
Alex Jones can keep tweeting, for now.
While most major social media sites removed Jones from their platforms Monday, his Twitter accounts remain live. Jones and his associated accounts aren’t currently in violation of Twitter’s rules, Twitter said in a statement to USA TODAY.
Facebook, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify removed Jones’ shows or pages from their platforms, citing breaches of policies against hate speech or graphic content — but not the conspiracy theories for which he’s known.
Jones, a far-right pundit and provocateur, has been criticized for promoting widely debunked theories. Among other things, he said the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders were staged, and he said survivors of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting were actors.
He has a large following on social media, including 836,000 followers on Twitter. And he’s been praised by President Donald Trump, who appeared on InfoWars during the 2016 presidential campaign.
YouTube, Jones’ most profitable social media channel, removed his content for violating community standards. The company sent this statement to USA TODAY: “When users violate these policies repeatedly, like our policies against hate speech and harassment or our terms prohibiting circumvention of our enforcement measures, we terminate their accounts.”
Pao later mentioned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey directly. Jones “still has a blue check on @Twitter. Your move, @jack. Be a leader with integrity like @tim_cook.”
Jones is calling the purge of his online accounts a conspiracy to censor conservative content.
“YouTube has officially terminated The Alex Jones Channel from their video platform as part of their political purge of the internet in preparation for the midterms and the 2020 presidential election,” he tweeted.
Date: August 8, 2018
Source: usa today