Wednesday, August 8, 2018

By not banning Alex Jones, Twitter is making a political choice

Infowars host Alex Jones is being banished from the internet — well, sort of. Over the past few days, Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Facebook, and Pinterest have all curtailed Jones’ presence to one extent or another. Even YouPorn banned the 44-year-old conspiracy theorist and right-wing carnival barker from its platform. (I envy the time before I knew that there was Alex Jones-related content on YouPorn, but I digress.)

But the Infowarriors of the world have no reason to fear: Jones’ presence on Twitter seems plenty safe for the foreseeable future. Why? Because that’s just what the company is — or at least what it is today.

“We didn’t suspend Alex Jones or Infowars yesterday. We know that’s hard for many but the reason is simple: he hasn’t...

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