cnn | Each social media platform said Monday that it had
removed content from Jones or InfoWars because it had violated their
policies. The companies' moves shut down key distribution channels that
had given the controversial media figure easy access to millions of
internet users.
The most dramatic action came last, from YouTube, which is owned by Google (GOOGL).
It removed many top channels associated with InfoWars, including The
Alex Jones Channel, which had 2.4 million subscribers and videos that
were viewed over 1.5 billion times.
"When users violate ...
policies repeatedly, like our policies against hate speech and
harassment or our terms prohibiting circumvention of our enforcement
measures, we terminate their accounts," said a spokesperson for YouTube.
Some channels for some of InfoWars' top personalities were still on the platform, however.
InfoWars is notorious for spreading demonstrably false information and
conspiracy theories on a host of issues. It has suggested that the Sandy
Hook massacre was a hoax, and that the September 11 terrorist attacks
were an inside job orchestrated by the US government.
InfoWars did not respond to a request for comment.
