Twitter Deleted Accounts Related To Alex Jones And Infowars

Indira Datta - Nov 01, 2018

Many accounts which are related to Infowars have been permanently deleted by Twitter from its platform after this event.

Many accounts related to Infowars have been permanently deleted by Twitter from its platform. After several warning alerts, CNN said Monday that 18 accounts linked to Web sites containing conspiracy theories and false information were officially banned and suspended entirely.

This social network. In addition, five accounts linked to Infowars were banned before, now completely deleted by Twitter.

Twitter had said back then that it would evaluate any reports regarding other accounts potentially associated with Jones and Infowars. (Twitter)

Alex Jonas, founder of Infowars in 1999, is a conspiracy theorized to include a mass murderer at the Sandy Hook School in 2012, the maker of the syndicated radio show "The Alex Jones Show." Their articles and videos regularly broadcast violence, racism, and homophobic content.

Last month, Twitter had permanently banned Jones and Infowars from its platform, as accounts (@infowars and @realalexjones) violated its behavior policies. Due to the anti-violence and discrimination policy, network companies boycotted and removed the accounts of Alex Jones and Infowar. Earlier, tech companies such as Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc., and Google Inc. also banned Infowars and content produced by Jones.

A Twitter spokesman said that they had removed the related accounts and violated the policy of the social networking site, but did not provide any additional information or specific accounts. Twitter also added, Mr. Jones can not create any new accounts or take back existing accounts.

PayPal Holdings Inc. also terminated its business with the site in September. In addition, Youtube, App Store and Spotify also banned Alex Jones accounts.

According to the Daily Beast newspaper last week, however, Infowars used other affiliate accounts to do the propaganda of misleading content on its behalf and evade the ban.

Infowars videos are spread through the "News Wars", "Real News" accounts, and the Infowars store, which sells Jones's complementary food. There are also other accounts mentioned in the Daily Beast was Twitter purged on Monday.