Twitter PERMANENTLY Bans Alex Jones And Infowars

It was only a matter of time.

Alex Jones’ Infowars was subject to a coordinated banning from ALL of the major internet giants…

But Twitter held out. 

In a string of NOW DELETED Tweets, Twitter’s CEO explained why he WOULDN’T ban Jones:

Maury… Take it away:

Jones has now been PERMANENTLY banned from Twitter.

Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope. We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts’ past violations. https://t.co/gckzUAV8GL

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) September 6, 2018

As we continue to increase transparency around our rules and enforcement actions, we wanted to be open about this action given the broad interest in this case. We do not typically comment on enforcement actions we take against individual accounts, for their privacy.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) September 6, 2018

We will continue to evaluate reports we receive regarding other accounts potentially associated with @realalexjones or @infowars and will take action if content that violates our rules is reported or if other accounts are utilized in an attempt to circumvent their ban.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) September 6, 2018

According to this:

Jones had traveled to Washington D.C. Wednesday to attend a congressional hearing that included testimony by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. On the sidelines of the hearing, Jones harassed CNN’s Oliver Darcy during an Infowars live stream on Twitter’s Periscope service, according to a Buzzfeed report.

Wait… so does this mean Twitter banned him for something he did OUTSIDE of Twitter?

it was all fine until yesterday, when @jack was personally accosted i guess. pic.twitter.com/pCYYaOL4P3

— koush (@koush) September 6, 2018

…Interesting.