One day after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared before on Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers how his company doesn’t discriminate against conservatives, the company permanently banned Infowars host Alex Jones from the platform.
“Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope. 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,” the company posted on its Safety account.
Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope. 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’ past violations. https://t.co/gckzUAV8GL
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) September 6, 2018
As we continue to increase transparency around our rules and enforcement actions, we wanted to be open about this action given the broad interest in this case. We do not typically comment on enforcement actions we take against individual accounts, for their privacy.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) September 6, 2018
Twitter added that it will continue to take further action “regarding other accounts potentially associated” with Jones or Infowars, and will “take action if content that violates our rules is reported or if other accounts are utilized in an attempt to circumvent their ban.”
We will continue to evaluate reports we receive regarding other accounts potentially associated with @realalexjones or @infowars and will take action if content that violates our rules is reported or if other accounts are utilized in an attempt to circumvent their ban.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) September 6, 2018
Twitter told the Daily Beast that the final straw was a video of Alex Jones berating CNN reporter Oliver Darcey on Wednesday, when he said “Those are the eyes of a rat” to Darcey’s face while accusing CNN of trying to police internet content.
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