YouTube removes four videos from Alex Jones and gives him a shot

YouTube has removed four videos posted by InfoWars founder Alex Jones, a controversial online celebrity famous for peddling conspiracy theories,

strike means Jones can not broadcast live content for three month. Should it receive a second strike within this time frame, YouTube will prevent it from downloading new content for two weeks. YouTube deletes the accounts after a third strike during this period.

Videos uploaded to The Alex Jones Channel contained hate speech directed against Muslims, among other groups; One of them contained the title "How to prevent liberalism" and showed an adult pushing a child to the ground. In a blog post, InfoWars said YouTube claimed the four videos violated its "violent or graphic content policy."

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YouTube said so much in a statement to CNNMoney. "We have long-standing policies against endangering children and hate speech," said the statement from Google, owner of YouTube. "We apply our policies consistently according to the content of the videos, regardless of speaker or channel."

InfoWars has not yet responded to CNNMoney's request for comment. However, Jones tweeted an acknowledgment of YouTube's action with a link to the InfoWars website – where he said the videos are still available.

Although YouTube finds Jones' content reprehensible enough to be removed, he continues to make money by placing ads on the channels he and InfoWars broadcast on the platform. If these channels are actually monetized, as Jones has already said, InfoWars receives a portion of advertising revenue from channels, which have more than 2.4 million subscribers.

Jones and InfoWars regularly engage in conspiracy theories, including the claim that Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax. Some families of sued Jones for defamation. Jones said his lawyers are "very, very confident" that the lawsuits are "frivolous" and "will be rejected" by the courts. "They will be abandoned because they have no merit," Jones said.

YouTube went on a strike against Jones in February after filming Parkland School when he said that the survivor David Hogg, now a staunch supporter of gun control, was a "crisis actor" . Jones lost his ability to live life so well. Although the last strike prevents Jones from broadcasting live, he often downloads shows after the fact.

Two recent CNN surveys revealed that YouTube ran ads on InfoWars channels without advertisers. As a result of the investigations, some companies stopped advertising on the platform.

CNNMoney (New York) First published on July 25, 2018: 23:38 ET