Twitter Users Criticize Jack Dorsey for Statement About Not Suspending Alex Jones

Tech companies gave massive platforms to conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones. Is the crackdown finally here


Twitter chief Jack Dorsey defended Tuesday his company's decision to allow far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to use the platform to spread his message, saying he hasn't broken user rules. "We know that's hard for many but the reason is simple: he hasn't violated our rules".

Dorsey addressed the issue one day after Jones, the Infowars personality, was banned from YouTube, Spotify and Facebook.

Fans of Infowars radio host Alex Jones have flocked to the Apple App Store to grab what's left of his voice on social media.

"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", YouTube said in a statement to media.

Publishing platforms have faced strong pressure to take action against Jones and Infowars over the past few months, but Apple was the first major company to sanction the broadcaster in its entirety.


Hail at Colorado Springs Zoo Injures 8 People, Kills 3 Animals
Fire officials were asking that everyone at the zoo remain in place until they can be taken to a reunification center. Power line collisions and farmers poisoning animal carcasses to kill predators have largely eradicated the population.

Jones uses social media and other channels to push conspiracies that fire up fringe conservatives. He's now being sued for defamation for his attacks on the families of the Sandy Hook victims. Dorsey said the company was committed to promoting "a healthy conversational environment" - which included Jones.

Gunman Adam Lanza killed 26 people, including 20 children at the CT school. The Alex Jones Channel on YouTube had more than 2.5 million subscribers.

Jones, a prominent peddler of conspiracy theories and an adept user of social media, has pushed weird claims, including that the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax and that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job.

Spotify, the streaming music online service, had already removed a number of Jones's podcasts last week, accusing them of breaking its own hate-speech rules.

Pinterest also removed the InfoWars account.


Recommended News

Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts.