Vimeo also refunded InfoWars for any revenues derived by the channel, with a spokesperson stating that “we do not want to profit from content of this nature in any way."
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- YouTube Re-Bans InfoWars Channel After It Temporarily Circumvented The Site’s Terms Of Service
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Vimeo Bans Alex Jones After Conspiracy Hawker Ramps Up Output There
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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Explains Why Twitter Isn’t Banning Alex Jones
YouTube, Facebook, Spotify, and Apple have all taken actions against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his site Infowars this week, removing large amounts of content citing violations of hate speech policies. One prominent tech platform, however, is not in the aforementioned list.
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Alex Jones’ Infowars Channels Scrubbed From YouTube, Facebook, Apple, And Spotify
Apple, Facebook, YouTube, and Spotify have all in the past 24 hours removed content created by Alex Jones and his site Infowars from their platforms, citing violations of hate speech policies. Jones, a conspiracy theorist who has alleged that the massacres at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were faked by the government and did not involve any real deaths, has received multiple strikes from YouTube this year, the most recent for hate speech and child endangerment.
- 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
- YouTube’s Monetization Model, Algorithm Provide Unique Haven For Conspiracy Theorists (Study)
- YouTube Strikes InfoWars Channel Amid Attempt To Crack Down On Conspiratorial Content
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