Alex Jones, the notorious far-right conspiracy theorist who’s been banned from virtually every major platform, made a two-hour return to YouTube this week courtesy of Logan Paul.
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- YouTube Re-Bans InfoWars Channel After It Temporarily Circumvented The Site’s Terms Of Service
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Logan Paul’s Latest Podcast Guest Is Banned Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones
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YouTube Once Proposed Overhauling Its Entire Business Model, Paying Creators Based On Video Engagement (Report)
In what amounts to a fascinating anecdote within a larger Bloomberg exposé about YouTube’s alleged negligence in dealing with toxic and conspiratorial videos, it is revealed that CEO Susan Wojcicki and top company execs once considered overhauling the platform’s entire business model, whereby creators would no longer be paid based on the number of ads running on their channels.
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Roku Reverses Course, Bans Alex Jones Channel After Outcry
Yesterday, streaming company Roku defended its widely criticized decision to allow infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company InfoWars to broadcast a channel to Roku’s 23.8 million users.
- Vimeo Bans Alex Jones After Conspiracy Hawker Ramps Up Output There
- Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Explains Why Twitter Isn’t Banning Alex Jones
- Alex Jones’ Infowars Channels Scrubbed From YouTube, Facebook, Apple, And Spotify
- Facebook, Following YouTube’s Lead, Takes Action Against InfoWars And Alex Jones
- YouTube Issues Another Strike Against InfoWars For Hate Speech, Child Endangerment
- YouTube To Clamp Down On Conspiracy Theories With Wikipedia-Sourced Text Boxes
- Top Marketers Nike, Paramount, More Pull Ads From InfoWars YouTube Channel
- YouTube Says New Human Moderators Mistakenly Punished Some Far Right And Pro-Gun Creators
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