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| Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars for 'abusive behavior' | Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars for 'abusive behavior' |
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| Twitter has announced that it is permanently banning Alex Jones and Infowars from Twitter and Periscope for "abusive behavior". | Twitter has announced that it is permanently banning Alex Jones and Infowars from Twitter and Periscope for "abusive behavior". |
| "Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope," Twitter said. | "Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope," Twitter said. |
| "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’ previous violations," according to a statement from Twitter. | "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’ previous violations," according to a statement from Twitter. |
| The company said it will continue to hunt for “other accounts potentially associated” with Alex Jones to prevent any attempts to circumvent the ban. | |
| Back in August Jones’ website, Infowars, was banned from Facebook, YouTube, and Apple over alleged violations of community their standards and spreading “hate speech.” The controversial commentator was also temporarily banned from using Twitter after he used the platform to call on US President Donald Trump to “take action” against tech companies for censoring his content. The controversy around Jones sparked a fierce debate about free speech in the country and the rise of political censorship by private tech companies. | |
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