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Twitter finally ended the controversy over how he refused to completely close the accounts of Alex Jones and his Infowars online media site after a number of people complained of abusive content published by both: and its Periscope video platform.
"Today, we have definitely suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope," said Twitter a few moments ago. "We took this action based on new reports from Tweets and videos released yesterday that violate our policy of abusive behavior, in addition to past account violations.
"As we continue to increase transparency around our rules and enforcement measures, we wanted to be open to this action, given the general interest of this case. In general, we do not comment on the enforcement actions we take against individual accounts for their confidentiality.
"We will continue to evaluate reports we receive regarding other accounts potentially associated with @realalexjones or @infowars and we will take action if any content violating our policies is reported or if other accounts are used to attempt to circumvent their policies. prohibition.
The last 24 hours of Jones' Twitter feed, which you can still see in Google's cache, include Tweets calling CNN's fake news, Marco Rubio's and Bob Woodward's critics, and questioning the authenticity of the anonymous source of New York. Times about the turmoil at the Trump White House. This is, in one respect, relatively moderate compared to what Jones has published in the past.
But the last 24 hours have also seen CEO Dorsey appear on Capitol Hill, questioned by the House Energy Committee about his "shadow ban" policy and his general attitude towards conservative politics . The company yesterday accepted a civil rights audit and transparency reports, so this could be seen as a way for Twitter to get ahead of the process, in a situation that is already very difficult for the company.
The company and Dorsey have been heavily criticized by people over the past few weeks, who felt that the company was not strict enough to impose its abusive content policies on Jones. While Dorsey said he was doing it in the name of "freedom of expression," the cynics thought he was more reluctant to alienate followers who make up a significant portion of Twitter users. (And to be fair, criticism has been going on for years, with many people leaving the platform in protest.)
Instead, Twitter took progressive steps to try to handle the situation, including seven-day reading bans and longer explanations to justify why it was not doing more.
Twitter was essentially the last hurdle among a host of social media platforms – including Facebook and YouTube – that had prevented Jones and Infowars from selling what many thought were not just "fake news," but also false, dangerous information.
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