A host of social media and tech companies
have joined Apple in banning far-right conspiracy
theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars network
from their platforms.
On Sunday, Apple removed hundreds of Infowars
podcasts from its iTunes and podcast apps,
accusing the conservative radio host of hate
speech.
On Monday, Facebook followed suit by removing
pages belonging to Jones, and was joined by
Spotify and YouTube which also removed his
content.
Jones has faced mounting public backlash for
his conspiracy-peddling rhetoric, which includes
claims that the 9/11 attack and 2012 Sandy
Hook Elementary School shooting were staged
by the U.S. government.
Parents of the children killed in that attack
are suing him for defamation.
He has also repeatedly used inflammatory language
against transgender people and Muslims.
Jones is yet to directly address the widespread
ban on his content, but he did retweet an
InfoWars employee, who criticized the move
as an attack on free speech.
