All eyes were on Twitter Monday after Apple, Facebook, Spotify and Pinterest deleted significant amounts of InfoWars and related content from conspiracy kingpin, Alex Jones.
With events unfolding swiftly, Twitter remained the only major social media platform still freely hosting Jones’ content as of Monday afternoon. (Jones also still remains live on Pinterest)
“China pulls the strings of big tech now. Choose a side. Soros is proud of you,” Jones told TheWrap via text.
Twitter, however, has no plans to remove Jones from its platform. A person with direct knowledge of how Twitter is handling the situation said InfoWars is not currently in violation of the company’s policies.
Pressure, however, began to build almost immediately, with professional Jones watchers and haters publicly asking what Twitter and its chief Jack Dorsey would do about InfoWars.
https://twitter.com/Bernstein/status/1026502233893031937
if @jack and his fellow doormats here can get through the week without banning Alex Jones they have a shot at getting away with it. don't let them. bug them till they do one defensible fucking thing
— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) August 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/1026506221141061634
He still has a blue check on @Twitter. Your move, @jack. Be a leader with integrity like @tim_cook
— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) August 6, 2018
Companies that have removed Alex Jones’ content from their platforms:
-Apple
-YouTube
-SpotifyAlex Jones still appears to have active accounts on these platforms:
-Pinteresthttps://t.co/Kbvr1HVYcv pic.twitter.com/ErOcwVPzeZ— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/MiaMarieMacy/status/1026518579716349954
Now can we get Alex Jones off of @Twitter, too?
— Gwydion Suilebhan
(@GwydionS) August 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/nathantrios/status/1026510903720599557