![]() ![]() A ban finally occurred because Jones, whose channel had been issued a strike on July 24 and was suspended from live streaming for 90 days, tried to circumvent the restriction and promote live streaming from other channels. Google-owned YouTube previously had removed some of the media personality’s videos and had issued strikes against his channel, but had not gone as far as banning the channel from its platform. Later on Monday morning, YouTube terminated the Alex Jones channel, which had more than 2 million subscribers. The decision to take down the podcast fully followed a review of the content over the weekend that determined there were enough violations to warrant removal. Overnight Spotify also removed the Alex Jones Show from its site, which followed an earlier decision to remove specific episodes of Jones’ podcast for hateful content. Now, the four pages have been unpublished “for repeated violations” of the community standards, including glorifying violence and using “dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants.” Facebook specifically noted that “while much of the discussion around InfoWars has been related to false news … none of the violations that spurred today’s removals were related to this.” It then suspended Jones for 30 days for his role in posting the content. Per a Facebook blog post, Facebook first removed four videos from four pages - the Alex Jones Channel page, the Alex Jones page, the InfoWars page and the InfoWars Nightly News page - for violating its hate speech and bullying policies. 6 that it had removed four pages belonging to Jones “for repeatedly posting content over the past several days that breaks” its community standards. ![]() Facebook, which had previously suspended Jones’ personal page for violating its policies, said early Aug. The iPhone maker did not host the shows, but listed them in its directory.įollowing Apple’s decision, Spotify and Facebook both took new action against Jones and his right-wing media brand, which is known for spreading conspiracy theories. The decision by Apple to remove the podcasts from its search is an especially big hit for Jones because of Apple’s dominance in the podcasting space. “We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions,” the statement concludes. An Apple spokeswoman confirmed the decision with a statement that says the company “does not tolerate hate speech, and we have clear guidelines that creators and developers must follow to ensure we provide a safe environment for all of our users.” The statement continued by noting that podcasts that violate those guidelines are removed from the directory, which means they will no longer be searchable or available to download or stream. ![]()
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