New York – Twitter says it is suspending the account of the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for one week after he violated the company’s rules against inciting violence.
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The New York Times reports that Jones tweeted a link to a video calling for supporters to get their “battle rifles” ready against media and others.
Jones won’t be able to tweet or retweet from his personal account for seven days, though he will be able to browse Twitter.
The Twitter account for his “Infowars” show was not affected.
Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify have taken down material published by Jones, reflecting more aggressive enforcement of hate speech policies after online backlash.
But Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company’s decision last week not to ban Jones, saying he did not break any rules.
he should be thrown off twitter like he has been thrown off all other media his claims that the mass murders in schools are fiction created by the government to cause more gun regulations are hurtful and mean
This perpetual Jew-hater is a holocaust denier who pushes the schmutz that Jews did the 9-11 arab terror attacks. He also says the school shootings and other atrocities were staged. He’s a major voice for alt-right sickos. Sloppy Steve Bannon and the Charlotesville nazi have been on his clown show. He’s a Trumpf Trope…
Would love to know who else they suspended, I am sure the list would only include right-wingers and conservatives while people like Farrakhan, other anti Semites and conspiracy theorists get a free pass