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Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars

The platform had faced widespread pressure to remove him

The ban comes a day after Jones livestreamed himself berating a CNN reporter on Periscope.Getty Images
By Kelsey Sutton

September 6, 2018

Twitter has permanently banned the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his website Infowars from the platform and from livestreaming service Periscope, the company said this afternoon.

Kelsey Sutton

Kelsey Sutton is the streaming editor at Adweek, where she covers the business of streaming television.

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