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Alex Jones Acct Suspended/ Deletes Videos & Infowar Live Stream (Original Post) Wwcd Jul 2018 OP
Let's hope this sticks! Celerity Jul 2018 #1
Hate speech at least can be banned by private entities. Hope indeed it can all be stopped. Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #14
Welcome to DU Celerity Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #35
thanks!! Celerity Aug 2018 #55
That is a nice surprise. That plug should have been pulled long ago. dameatball Jul 2018 #2
They need to suspend his channel and delete all Alex jones videos beachbum bob Jul 2018 #3
About damned time... 2naSalit Jul 2018 #4
That's gonna hurt! LuvNewcastle Jul 2018 #5
About time! Iliyah Jul 2018 #6
Not banned...given a "strike"...not comment by me... Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #18
This kind of thing gives me hope! nolabear Jul 2018 #7
I hope they find a way to get two more strikes to make this permanent. nt Gore1FL Jul 2018 #8
Yeah, but his YT channel is still up and running... ADX Jul 2018 #9
Just four videos and a first strike warning is my understanding Maggiemayhem Jul 2018 #10
The Donald is having a Bigley SAD! riversedge Jul 2018 #11
You know Fox is going to pick him up for a nightly or weekend show kimbutgar Jul 2018 #12
Let them. Nothing better to sink their ship than broadcasting total wackjobs lambchopp59 Jul 2018 #13
Was the threat to Mueller's Life a trigger for this? Wwcd Jul 2018 #17
I agree on this. True Blue American Jul 2018 #40
I watch a lot of YouTube educational videos and those fake ones irritate me bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #15
LOL..yup. Youtube needs to step up its game also. Wwcd Jul 2018 #21
I wish the FBI would give him a visit and talk to him about threatening to kill Mueller. George II Jul 2018 #16
I'd be willing to bet they already have. Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #36
HAS it? The Alex Jones Channel (2.4 mil subscribers)is still on, AJ "breaking" reHilary and Putin. ancianita Jul 2018 #19
I stopped counting at 2,000 Alex Jones videos that are left on his channel. So there's that. ancianita Jul 2018 #20
Let him yell in his basement cp Jul 2018 #22
Now we meed Periscope, and by extension Twitter, to step up next. Tarc Jul 2018 #23
Bye Bye Asshole vercetti2021 Jul 2018 #24
Cue the whining about their free speech rights being violated in 3...2...1... meow2u3 Jul 2018 #25
This is nonsense. Four videos should be four strikes. RainCaster Jul 2018 #26
There's tons of white supremacist shit that is making money off Youtube ads. Initech Jul 2018 #31
Great!! n/t dajoki Jul 2018 #27
Yes! WTG YT! I deleted my personal FB account awhile ago. liberalmuse Jul 2018 #28
Alex Jones is like a Toxic Waste Dump! Horrible creature. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2018 #29
Am I dreaming? Cracklin Charlie Jul 2018 #30
"lying and hate gets you nowhere"? progressoid Jul 2018 #32
Yes, but it also cost him custody of his children in the divorce. Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #37
k&r DesertRat Jul 2018 #33
There are still thousands of videos out there under the Alex Jones Channel. Just type "Alex Jones." ancianita Jul 2018 #34
Now what am blue-wave Jul 2018 #38
Too bad it's only for 90 days, but if we keep reporting him for the hate speech, catbyte Jul 2018 #39
I just followed Brian Krassenstein! I like Cha Jul 2018 #41
Me Too Cha! Wwcd Jul 2018 #43
Thanks for the heads up about Cha Jul 2018 #45
Alex Jones has now been BANNED from Facebook also Wwcd Jul 2018 #44
Wow.. about time, eh? Cha Jul 2018 #46
Yup. Think its for 90 days. That about takes him till the midterns are over. Wwcd Jul 2018 #47
And, then.. AJ will Cha Jul 2018 #48
Yup. Maybe AJ shouldn't have threatened the life of Robert Mueller. Wwcd Jul 2018 #49
Oh is that what happened? Cha Jul 2018 #50
Here. I won't bother posting the youtube video of AJ Wwcd Jul 2018 #52
MF Stupid Maniacal Asshole. Cha Jul 2018 #53
💖💜💛💚💙 Cha! Wwcd Jul 2018 #54
Waiting for the "deep state," Crooked Hillary and George Soros cabal complaints. TheBlackAdder Jul 2018 #42
I can't believe it's taken this long, I hope it sticks. dewsgirl Jul 2018 #51

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
14. Hate speech at least can be banned by private entities. Hope indeed it can all be stopped.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:28 PM
Jul 2018

Also hope Shitler has another boo boo and another flailing meaningless tweet.

The Walls are closing in, no more massive social media hate speech and propaganda based on lies and fear.

I can dream...

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
35. Welcome to DU Celerity
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:55 PM
Jul 2018

I like your sign off tag -- "I refuse to sink" -- sounds like one of my old Master Chiefs.

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
2. That is a nice surprise. That plug should have been pulled long ago.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 11:02 AM
Jul 2018

There have been a lot of gullible, bigoted minds that have had their hate and fears permanently reinforced by this guy. There is no way to account for how much damaged he has caused.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
18. Not banned...given a "strike"...not comment by me...
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:34 PM
Jul 2018

YouTube on Wednesday removed four videos from the channel of Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who founded the far-right media outlet Infowars, and issued a warning that more violations could result in a ban from the video platform.

Jones’ channel was issued a “strike,” first reported by The Verge, as part of YouTube’s three-strike policy for publishers who abuse the platform’s terms of service. A source familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the strike was issued. The four videos counted together as one strike, the source confirmed.


https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-issues-warning-infowars-founder-alex-jones-takes-down-four-n894591

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
9. Yeah, but his YT channel is still up and running...
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 11:48 AM
Jul 2018

...and lots of his videos are still available on there as well...

kimbutgar

(21,148 posts)
12. You know Fox is going to pick him up for a nightly or weekend show
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:19 PM
Jul 2018

Last edited Thu Jul 26, 2018, 01:01 PM - Edit history (1)

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lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
13. Let them. Nothing better to sink their ship than broadcasting total wackjobs
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:26 PM
Jul 2018

Hannity needs some help to drive off anyone with more than 200 intracranial neurons left.
Let him go completely bonkers about the gay frogs. That'll do it.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
17. Was the threat to Mueller's Life a trigger for this?
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:32 PM
Jul 2018

He should be arrested for that, not suspended, with 1 checkmark.
He should have been banned completely & theown in jail.

Alkowing his filthy mouth free reign has caused more damage than can be repaired.

Ugh!

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
40. I agree on this.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 04:08 AM
Jul 2018

Watched a little bit of the video. He actually threatened to shoot Mueller. He should be arrested for threatening an Official of the US Government..

Alex needs to be shut down and put away.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
15. I watch a lot of YouTube educational videos and those fake ones irritate me
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:31 PM
Jul 2018

Also don't like the right wing slanted ones that lie a lot, all to erase history or ignore serious scholarship

YouTube has some cleaning up to do. It's not just Alex Jones. You can put a video on there on how to turn a pile of rocks into gold if you immerse them in water and vinegar with a ham sandwich and a turtle, and tens of thousands will watch it. Just sayin'.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
21. LOL..yup. Youtube needs to step up its game also.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:50 PM
Jul 2018

But their investors must be kept happy first. $$$$

Money before human life, ya know

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
36. I'd be willing to bet they already have.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 11:00 PM
Jul 2018

Remember what happened at Cosmic Ping Pong Pizza (after he told his audience that something needed to be done about that there child sex ring HRC was running out of the basement of that place, which BTW didn't HAVE a freaking basement) and that man went there are shot up the walls.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
19. HAS it? The Alex Jones Channel (2.4 mil subscribers)is still on, AJ "breaking" reHilary and Putin.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:37 PM
Jul 2018

So if this is ONLY about InfoWars, YouTube is only half done with its deletions.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
23. Now we meed Periscope, and by extension Twitter, to step up next.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 12:54 PM
Jul 2018

Infowars almost always pops up when you browse current streams.

RainCaster

(10,874 posts)
26. This is nonsense. Four videos should be four strikes.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 01:22 PM
Jul 2018

by the YT standard of hate speech, he can have 2 offenses every three months and still be allowed to push his hate shit over their platform. I wish youtube's quality standard was a little higher.

Initech

(100,075 posts)
31. There's tons of white supremacist shit that is making money off Youtube ads.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 02:03 PM
Jul 2018

And they don't police it as hard as they should. Youtube really needs better or more moderators for this kind of stuff.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
28. Yes! WTG YT! I deleted my personal FB account awhile ago.
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 01:43 PM
Jul 2018

However, I still had a business FB account up. I put in a request for deletion yesterday because FB will not take action against Alex Jone's slander of Mueller and is obviously continuing to promote right wing crap.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
34. There are still thousands of videos out there under the Alex Jones Channel. Just type "Alex Jones."
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 08:30 PM
Jul 2018

catbyte

(34,386 posts)
39. Too bad it's only for 90 days, but if we keep reporting him for the hate speech,
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 12:03 AM
Jul 2018

maybe they'll ban him permanently next time.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
43. Me Too Cha!
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 11:33 AM
Jul 2018

Am reading his tweets more often anymore.
And Wendy Seigelman. She gets into the minute details of whatever she's focused on at the moment, & generally avoids the usual banter on her acct.

She is serious!

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
47. Yup. Think its for 90 days. That about takes him till the midterns are over.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 07:15 PM
Jul 2018

Bet he's pissed!



 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
52. Here. I won't bother posting the youtube video of AJ
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:50 PM
Jul 2018
Alex Jones, the conspiracy-peddling online commentator, mimes shooting Robert Mueller in his latest online video, and says the US special prosecutor is going to “get it,” actions that appear to violate YouTube’s policy on threatening behavior.

Jones posted the video yesterday (July 23) on his personal YouTube channel, which has over 2.4 million followers. Multiple people have complained to YouTube on Twitter. A YouTube spokeswoman didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment.

In the video, Jones calls the independent counsel leading the federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign a “monster,” accuses him of covering up for a pedophile, and suggests he and Mueller will meet for a cowboy-style showdown, as The Hill explains:

“That’s a demon I will take down, or I’ll die trying. So that’s it. It’s going to happen, we’re going to walk out in the square, politically, at high noon, and he’s going to find out whether he makes a move man, make the move first, and then it’s going to happen,” Jones said, miming a pistol with his hand.

“It’s not a joke. It’s not a game. It’s the real world. Politically. You’re going to get it, or I’m going to die trying, bitch. Get ready. We’re going to bang heads. We’re going to bang heads.”

In February, Jones’s online channel InfoWars received its second warningfrom YouTube for posting a video calling Parkland student David Hogg a “crisis actor.” Channels that receive three warnings from YouTube in three months are removed.
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He should be arrested for that statement alone.

Cha

(297,220 posts)
53. MF Stupid Maniacal Asshole.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 09:06 PM
Jul 2018


Haha he got kicked OFF for however long.. It should be FOREVER.

Yeah, I would Not watch him on youtube.. trust me!

Gracias, Wwcd
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