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Apple Permanently Bans 'Infowars' App From the App Store
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That's right, they do remain.
However, as soon as the host of one of those flat earth podcasts violates Apple's guidelines regarding prohibited content, perhaps by advocating violence against someone or harassing someone, then Apple will remove those too.
Those 3 apps remain because they do not produce their own content (well, ignoring the crappy b-rated originals on YouTube Red..); instead, users on those sites are the ones creating content.
Furthermore, each one of those sites also have policies prohibiting harassment, violence, hate speech, etc.. just like Apple. Hence, when those rules are broken then YouTube will dish out strikes on the offending videos, or FB/Twitter will shut down the offending accounts, just like what has now happened to AJ.
Yep. And that stance is exactly why Donald Trump is president and Britain is leaving the EU.
We’re already “not fine”.
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There are plenty of podcasts that break their rules, and plenty of apps too. Youtube, Facebook and twitter for example break the exact same rules as AJ.
Yet they remain.
Production of content is irrelevant. Vox also breaks the same rules and the pay produce their content.
I’m going round in circles here, this is about the 9th time I’ve mentioned this and the same amount of times I’ve been told it’s somehow different, yet it isn’t.
You’re all walking into 1984 with open arms. It’s alarming to say the very least.
It’s also about legal liability. Jones spreads violent horrible lies that create scenarios where people can be hurt.
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Donald Trump is President because too many people think Alex Jones is what constitutes a legitimate political viewpoint.
So does religion. And social media. And Youtube. And streaming sites. And ALL POLITICIANS for that matter.
What are you opposing?
Hate speech is anything that leftist do not agree with. Whole sandy hook thing he apologized for years ago, yet it still gets brought up. All of you celebrating his removal actually watch any of his videos and decide for your self, instead of blindly regurgitate what you have read about it. Do your own research, just because some “news” agency reports on something it does not make that report true. All news organizations are biased and ALWAYS spin any news any way they can to advance their agenda. All these massive tech companies get massive tax breaks at the espense of tax payers, so how private are they really? This is blatant censorship because of political views, plain and simple. Jones has the right to say what he wants and you have the right to not listen to him. However that decision is up to you, and not tech companies.
Great idea, send him and his followers underground, confirm their oppression complex, shove them into a deeper echo chamber, rob everybody else from having a reckoning with those ideas because you "know better". If you suppress something it only pops up again later more ugly. Banning him is a bad, bad idea. Don't you guys read history?
Note: Calling something "Hate speech" is a slur, not an argument.
Note: Calling something "Hate speech" is a slur, not an argument.
Only two regrets about this:
1. that Apple took so long to do the right thing, and
2. they couldn’t also stuff a sock in Jones mouth.
1. that Apple took so long to do the right thing, and
2. they couldn’t also stuff a sock in Jones mouth.
What’s the right thing? They ban someone you disagree with?
What happens when they ban someone you agree with?
Yes watched, he always comes across like an idiotic lunatic with a defective pressure release valve.
Would you rather they ban everyone you disagree with?
What happens when they ban someone who you agree with? Where do you stand then?
They banned a divisive opportunistic idiot.
He still has other channels to fulminate and gone through. His deluded acolytes can still follow him from under their rocks, Apple doesn’t have to aid in this.
LOL - simple yes. Accurate - no.For now.
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Simple, yes. Accurate, yes.
If you feel so strongly - and others - boycott Apple. Don’t give them 1 cent more of your money.
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You don’t get one. Apple exercised their freedom of speech. You had nothing to do with it.[/QUOTE]
I think you need to read the post I quoted. I know I don’t get one. I know I have no say.
You don’t get one. Apple exercised their freedom of speech. You had nothing to do with it.[/QUOTE]
I think you need to read the post I quoted. I know I don’t get one. I know I have no say.
If they are loons like Jones? I’d be ok with it.
Pointless hypothetical because I don’t see Numbskull Jones as representative of people I disagree with.
He’s dangerous pernicious trash. He’s also silly.
Loons in your opinion.
In my opinion religious people are loons, but I don’t seek to ban them from platforms because that is utter lunacy.
Most politicians fit your bill, yet they’re all allowed to voice their opinions, loony or otherwise, so personal opinion is really irrelevant here.
Tech companies have been asked to help prevent fake news. Info wars is 99% fake news. So they are.
Not in so many words.
But the rules under which he was banned were clear and he violated them.
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Ok Alex. That’s enough now.
So he was allowed to operate for years whilst breaking the rules? Bit weird he’s only being banned now when he’s under the spotlight...
Remember how Twitter banned him? twitch? Facebook? Youtube? All in quick succession?
Weird that eh? Almost as if these events are connected somehow......
Funny what happens when one keeps upping the ante and finally crosses a threshold that invites scrutiny and enforcement.
Just as it goes for a crook breaking laws and increasing in frequency and scope, so goes it for a social jackass like Jones.
So he crossed all those companies thresholds within a few weeks despite being on th platforms for years and not actually breaking any of the rules of some?
Hmmm... ok.
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Which rules?
Thank you for introducing facts into this discussion about free speech.
Does the right believe that Fox News is a platform for free speech......really. It is censored right wing propaganda. In fairness, MSNBC is censored left wing propaganda. If you don’t like it, change the channel.
Unfortunately, media bias is a reality. It is how these outlets segment their target markets. The truth is outlets get more market share, which increases sponsorship and profits, by present biased coverage that speaks to a target news market. This means there is less incentive to present fair and balance coverage of events.
If you are old enough, you might remember national nightly news that was fairly unbiased. Editorializing was left for a segment at the end of the program, and it was clearly called the Editorial or Opinion segment. Today, news anchors editorialize while they are covering the news.....it all washes together....the reporting of the news and the editorial. It really makes it hard for most people to separate facts from opinions.