Apple Removes Infowars from Podcast Directory

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Post by uptown » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:17 PM UTC

Apple Removes Infowars from Podcast Directory
wsj.com

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Post by tazjin » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:52 PM UTC

With Apple, Facebook and Spotify doing this (and lots of reporting about it) I'd say ... cue the Streisand effect.

Sometimes it's better to just not do anything, but I guess that doesn't get you PR points.

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Post by olivermarks » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:52 PM UTC

important and accurate subhead:

'Move thrusts tech giant into the debate over censoring content on internet platforms'

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Post by theseatoms » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:53 PM UTC

I used to think the name "Infowars" was melodramatic, but I guess not.

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Post by nailer » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:53 PM UTC

FB has also removed Infowars' page.

https://www.facebook.com/InfoWars-80256732576/

FB doesn't cite a specific post (eg, the implication that some of the school shooting victims were part of a hoax), which is a pity.I dislike Infowars, but I like a consistently applied ToS:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj6T8ppXoAIqbXB.jpg

'Glorifying violence' is vague - should all police/military/veterans/people who celebrate July 4 be banned from Facebook? How is 'glorifying violence' treated the same as 'graphic violence'? One is praising violent action, the other is depicting it. They are clearly not the same thing.

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Post by philjackson » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC

What if we find out the government were making the frogs gay?

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Post by fer » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

Infowars: "Californian tech communist gay froggers thwart free speech with help of nazi BDSM aliens"

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Post by thosakwe » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

Only took them long enough.

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

olivermarks wrote: post #3

important and accurate subhead: 'Move thrusts tech giant into the debate over censoring content on internet platforms'

Apple has been censoring podcasts all along. This debate might be about technicalities in the Terms of Service but it's not about censorship.

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Post by dublinben » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

tazjin wrote: post #2

With Apple, Facebook and Spotify doing this (and lots of reporting about it) I'd say ... cue the Streisand effect. Sometimes it's better to just not do anything, but I guess that doesn't get you PR points.

I think the Streisand Effect is overstated. Apple has nearly two thirds of the podcast market.[0] Together with the other platforms that have removed these podcasts, upwards of three quarters of podcast listeners will no longer be able to easily access or discover this content. Starving this show of its largest audiences is more likely to cripple it, not galvanize it.

[0] https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-market-share-of-podcast-ap...