Twitter Faces New Pressure to Yank Alex Jones: 'End His Terror'

InfoWars' Alex Jones

All eyes were on Twitter Monday after Apple, Facebook, Spotify and Pinterest deleted significant amounts of InfoWars and related content from conspiracy kingpin, Alex Jones.

With events unfolding swiftly, Twitter remained the only major social media platform still freely hosting Jones’ content as of Monday afternoon. (Jones also still remains live on Pinterest)

“China pulls the strings of big tech now. Choose a side. Soros is proud of you,” Jones told TheWrap via text.

Also Read: YouTube Pulls Alex Jones and InfoWars Channels Following Bans by Apple, Facebook

Twitter, however, has no plans to remove Jones from its platform. A person with direct knowledge of how Twitter is handling the situation said InfoWars is not currently in violation of the company’s policies.

Pressure, however, began to build almost immediately, with professional Jones watchers and haters publicly asking what Twitter and its chief Jack Dorsey would do about InfoWars.

All of these removals put @Twitter and @Jack in the very uncomfortable position of being the only major social network to disseminate @infowars. Imagine explaining that to your employees!

— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) August 6, 2018

if @jack and his fellow doormats here can get through the week without banning Alex Jones they have a shot at getting away with it. don't let them. bug them till they do one defensible fucking thing

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) August 6, 2018

Alex Jones scorecard:
YouTube ❌
Facebook ❌
Apple ❌
Spotify ❌
Twitter ✅ https://t.co/wE4mnJiQQy

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) August 6, 2018

He still has a blue check on @Twitter. Your move, @jack. Be a leader with integrity like @tim_cook

– Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) August 6, 2018

Companies that have removed Alex Jones’ content from their platforms:
-Apple
-Facebook
-YouTube
-Spotify

Alex Jones still appears to have active accounts on these platforms:
-Twitter
-Pinteresthttps://t.co/Kbvr1HVYcv pic.twitter.com/ErOcwVPzeZ

– TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 6, 2018

So @Twitter is the last social media site left to ban Alex Jones. ????‍♀️ he spreads hate and violence. Come on just end his terror please.

— Mia Macy (@MiaMarieMacy) August 6, 2018

Now can we get Alex Jones off of @Twitter, too?

— Gwydion Suilebhan (@GwydionS) August 6, 2018

Alex Jones and Infowars hate speech is now shut down on:

✅ Apple podcasts
✅ Spotify
✅ Stitcher
✅ Facebook
✅ YouTube
❓ Twitter

Is this your platforms legacy @jack? @TwitterSafety?

— Nate Rios ????????????️‍???????????? (@nathantrios) August 6, 2018

Mike Cernovich, a Timeline: From Choking Advice to Pizzagate to Firings (Photos)

Maybe you'd never heard of right-wing provocateur Mike Cernovich before last week, when he helped get James Gunn fired from the next "Guardians of the Galaxy" film by highlighting Gunn's old Twitter jokes about rape and pedophilia. But Cernovich himself has a long history online, filled with both successes and statements he has since distanced himself from -- for reasons that will be obvious.
Advice on Choking Women

Before gaining fame as a Trump superfan, Cernovich got his start in the men's rights and pick-up artist community. His advice column, published on his blog "Danger and Play," included suggestions on the proper way to "choke" women during sex. This entry from December 2011 has since been deleted: "Choking works because it’s a show of dominance. Women only want to have consensual sex with men they know could rape them."
Pizzagate

Cernovich first came to wide public attention over his promotion of a conspiracy theory during the 2016 election that suggested that a pedophile ring was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C. pizzeria. The story was bunk, and Cernovich has moved to distance himself from Pizzagate.
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John Conyers

Cernovich's biggest score of all probably wasn't James Gunn, but John Conyers. A tip provided by Cernovich to BuzzFeed about accusations of sexual misconduct forced the Democrat to resign his seat in disgrace in December 2017.
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Sam Seder

Mike Cernovich targeted the MSNBC contributor over a years-old joke about his daughter being raped. MSNBC dropped Seder in December 2017, but reinstated him after a public backlash.
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Sopan Deb

Cernovich went after New York Times reporter Sopan Deb in March 2017 over a tweeted pun about the rapper Bow Wow. The incident earned Deb an official rebuke from the Times' then-public editor, Liz Spayd.
Josh Barro

In November 2017, Cernovich demanded an apology from Josh Barro after the Business Insider Senior Editor made fun of his lisp. Barro swiftly retreated.
Twitter
Perry Fein

In June 2018, Los Angeles Times freelancer Perry Fein slipped into Cernovich's DMs and wished harm upon him. His relationship with the newspaper was over just hours later.
Los Angeles Times Media Group
James Gunn

Last week, Cernovich helped lead an online campaign highlighting old tweets in which Gunn joked about rape about pedophilia. Gunn offered an apology, but was dropped by Disney from the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise.
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Cheri Jacobus

Before the James Gunn situation, Cernovich also led a brief and successful campaign to pressure USA Today to drop columnist Cheri Jacobus. The decision from the paper came after Jacobus' bizarre comments about convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Michael Ian Black

Cernovich has trained his fire on comedian Michael Ian Black, who has said several times on Twitter that his tweets about pedophilia were only jokes.
YouTube
Dan Harmon

Fresh off his victory in ousting Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy," Cernovich forced "Rick and Morty" co-creator Dan Harmon and his employers at Adult Swim to apologize over an old sketch that featured Harmon graphically simulating the rape of a baby. (The sketch used a doll, not an actual baby.)
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The right-wing provocateur has become a thorn to liberals online

Maybe you'd never heard of right-wing provocateur Mike Cernovich before last week, when he helped get James Gunn fired from the next "Guardians of the Galaxy" film by highlighting Gunn's old Twitter jokes about rape and pedophilia. But Cernovich himself has a long history online, filled with both successes and statements he has since distanced himself from -- for reasons that will be obvious.

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