YouTube, Facebook and Apple Permanently Remove Infowars Channels for Using Hate Speech

Platforms cited repeat violations

YouTube and Facebook have permanently deleted channels and pages associated with Alex Jones, the controversial founder of Infowars, for repeatedly violating their policies related to hateful and violent content.

YouTube’s decision today to remove Jones’s popular channel comes just hours after Facebook removed several pages associated with Jones and Infowars—bringing the social networks in step with Apple, Spotify and Stitcher, which have all recently removed Infowars podcasts from their platforms. Apple removed Jones’s podcasts from iTunes on Sunday.

According to YouTube, Jones received a “strike” on his channel late last month for four videos that violated policies related to hate speech and child endangerment.

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