Associated Press Published 1:23 p.m. UTC Aug 6, 2018 London – Facebook says it has taken down four pages belonging to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for violating its hate speech and bullying policies. The social media giant said in a statement Monday that it also blocked Jones’ account for 30 days because he repeatedly posted content that broke its rules. The company said it “unpublished” the four pages after receiving reports that they contained content “glorifying violence” and used “dehumanizing language” to describe Muslims, immigrants and transgender people. Facebook is the latest tech company to take action against Jones, who has been facing a growing backlash on social media. Last week, music streaming service Spotify removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” podcast for breaching its hate content policy. … [Read more...] about Facebook removes Alex Jones pages for hate, bullying
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Facebook removes 4 pages from InfoWars and Alex Jones
Facebook has removed four pages associated with InfoWars and its controversial founder Alex Jones for repeated violations of its policies. The social media platform said in a statement Monday that it had "unpublished" the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the InfoWars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page. Facebook (FB) removed four videos from the pages last week after determining that they violated its hate speech and bullying policies. It also suspended the personal profile of Jones. The company said Monday that more content from the pages had since been reported, and it had decided to remove them for "repeated violations of community standards and accumulating too many strikes." "Upon review, we have taken it down for glorifying violence ... and using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants, which violates our hate speech policies," said Facebook. Related: Facebook suspends personal profile of InfoWars founder Alex … [Read more...] about Facebook removes 4 pages from InfoWars and Alex Jones
Apple has wiped almost all of Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from iTunes
Apple has scrubbed nearly all of Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from iTunes and its Podcast app. The company said it does not “tolerate hate speech,” adding that creators that violate its guidelines will be punished. Apple’s decision represents the most significant crackdown on Jones from a Silicon Valley giant. Apple has removed almost all of Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from iTunes and its Podcast app in a sweeping crackdown on the popular conspiracy theorist. BuzzFeed first reported the news of Apple’s decision, which has seen the entire library for five of Infowars’ six podcasts scrubbed from the firm’s audio platforms. As of Sunday, just one Infowars show remained – “RealNews” with David Knight. Business Insider contacted Apple for comment. It told BuzzFeed that it notified Jones of its plans to pull the podcasts under its hate speech guidelines. Jones is yet to comment on the matter. “Apple does not … [Read more...] about Apple has wiped almost all of Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from iTunes
Users are threatening to cancel subscriptions if Spotify doesn’t remove Alex Jones’ podcasts
Spotify removed certain episodes of Alex Jones' podcast, citing its policy on 'hate content.'Several of his videos have also been removed from Facebook and YouTube, and his personal page recently received a 30-day suspension from Facebook.However, some Spotify subscribers don't feel the move went far enough, and are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if Spotify doesn't completely remove Jones' podcasts from the streaming service. People have taken to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction, and a thread was created on Spotify's community page requesting that Jones' podcasts be taken down. Plenty of Spotify subscribers still aren't happy with the company's decision to include Alex Jones' podcasts on the streaming service — and they're threatening to cancel their subscriptions if his content isn't completely removed.Spotify just confirmed that certain episodes from The Alex Jones Show were removed, citing its policy on "hate content," but the majority of the … [Read more...] about Users are threatening to cancel subscriptions if Spotify doesn’t remove Alex Jones’ podcasts
Spotify users are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if the streaming service doesn’t completely remove Alex Jones’ podcasts
Spotify removed certain episodes of Alex Jones’ podcast, citing its policy on ‘hate content.’ Several of his videos have also been removed from Facebook and YouTube, and his personal page recently received a 30-day suspension from Facebook. However, some Spotify subscribers don’t feel the move went far enough, and are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if Spotify doesn’t completely remove Jones’ podcasts from the streaming service. People have taken to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction, and a thread was created on Spotify’s community page requesting that Jones’ podcasts be taken down. Plenty of Spotify subscribers still aren’t happy with the company’s decision to include Alex Jones’ podcasts on the streaming service – and they’re threatening to cancel their subscriptions if his content isn’t completely removed. Spotify just confirmed that certain episodes from The Alex Jones Show … [Read more...] about Spotify users are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if the streaming service doesn’t completely remove Alex Jones’ podcasts