Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars
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Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars
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#2Official statement: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1037804427992686593
> 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://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behav...
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#3Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination.
He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
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#4He should start a blog or a magazine. Marginalizing harmful and admitted liars is fine.
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#5> “Those are the eyes of a rat,”
There's no way they can ban him for saying that yet still claim to enforce the rules equally for all political affiliations.
There have been thousands (maybe more) tweets by people with blue verification checkmarks calling Trump an orange oompa loopa and much worse. No one has been banned for that (rightfully so imo).
There's been a ton of pressure on Twitter to ban Jones but using this tweet as an excuse shows they are in no way politically neutral.
This comes one day after Dorsey stood in front of congress and said they don't have a political agenda and previous examples of right wing censorship were "a mistake".
Ironically, one of the only places you can see actual footage of Dorsey saying this is on Infowars:
https://www.infowars.com/watch-rep-markwayne-mullin-reads-sa...
This is not an Infowars endorsement, it's seriously the only place I can find this video aside from Breitbart.
Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars
#6Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination. He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
The thing about persecution complexes is that those who have them will find persecution in anything, so it's kind of a waste of energy to worry about what might trigger those prone to thinking in such a way.
Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars
#7Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination. He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
It does seem tame, but a quick search suggests it may be an anti-semitic dog whistle.
Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars
#8Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination. He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
It does seem tame, but a quick search suggests it may be an anti-semitic dog whistle.
It seems like every comment by someone the left doesn’t like is a kind of dog whistle.
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#9No matter what you think of Jones: Silicon Valley is digging their own grave with their blatantly obvious double standards towards "hate speech" and other forms of harassment.
Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars
#10> “Those are the eyes of a rat,” There's no way they can ban him for saying that yet still claim to enforce the rules equally for all political affiliations. There have been thousands (maybe more) tweets by people with blue verification checkmarks calling Trump an orange oompa loopa and much worse. No one has been banned for that (rightfully so imo). There's been a ton of pressure on Twitter to ban Jones but using th…
I did not downvote you, but the official statement claims this was the last straw, and not a response to a single offense: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1037804427992686593