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Apple has removed the entire libraries of five Infowars podcasts from the Apple Podcasts platform, Buzzfeed News reported on Sunday.

Among the podcasts removed from Apple's iTunes index are "War Room" and "The Alex Jones Show", hosted by the controversial U.S. radio host and conspiracy theory peddler.

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Infowars host Alex Jones

A sixth show, "Real News With David Knight", was the only Infowars podcast to survive Apple's cull, although why that would be remains unclear.

Apple does not host the podcasts per se but is responsible for running the directory for users of its stock Podcasts app. In explaining its decision to remove the five shows, Apple provided Buzzfeed with the following statement:
"Apple does not tolerate hate speech, and we have clear guidelines that creators and developers must follow to ensure we provide a safe environment for all of our users," a company spokesperson said.

"Podcasts that violate these guidelines are removed from our directory making them no longer searchable or available for download or streaming. We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions."
In terms of reach and discoverability, the removal of the shows is just the latest in a number of blows for Alex Jones' Infowars series. Last month, Facebook suspended the host's personal profile for 30 days for what it said was hate speech and bullying, while Spotify removed several episodes of Jones' shows last week for violating its hate content policy.

Infowars was founded by Jones in 1999 and the host has garnered a large following, promoting various conspiracy theories including that the September 11 attacks were staged by the U.S. government.

Recently, the show has been heavily criticized for promoting the theory that many gun massacres reported by the U.S. media are faked by left-wing forces in order to usher in more stringent gun control measures.

Jones is currently being sued in Texas by two parents of children murdered in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, after the host claimed the massacre was one such hoax. The Connecticut attack, which took place in 2012, left 26 children and adults dead.

Note: Due to the political nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts.

Article Link: Apple Removes Five of Six Infowars Podcast Series From iTunes Directory
 
More left wing companies removing freedom of speech
[doublepost=1533553428][/doublepost]Im sorry but now days hate speech is speaking out againt the main stream media, right wing youtubers dont always say hate they just speak the truth but are silenced by the left
 
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I'm sure Infowars is grateful for the free publicity. Don't know why Apple would want to support them, though.
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More left wing companies removing freedom of speech
[doublepost=1533553428][/doublepost]Im sorry but now days hate speech is speaking out againt the main stream media, ring wing youtubers dont always say hate they just speak the truth but are silenced by the left
It isn't even smart. If they really dislike this sort of speech, best thing they could do is just leave it alone, and let the market decide. Free publicity is free publicity, no matter how you slice it.
 
More left wing companies removing freedom of speech
[doublepost=1533553428][/doublepost]Im sorry but now days hate speech is speaking out againt the main stream media, ring wing youtubers dont always say hate they just speak the truth but are silenced by the left


Alex Jones isn’t just some right winger being “silenced”. He is a dangerous propagandist who peddles preposterous lies that have caused real-world damage. Good riddance.
 
Alex Jones isn’t just some right winger being “silenced”. He is a dangerous propagandist who peddles preposterous lies that have caused real-world damage. Good riddance.
That's what they said about round-earthers. You know, those nutcases who actually thought the world wasn't flat, in complete defiance of all common decency. Glad those people were silenced.

The world needs speech it isn't used to hearing in order to think. Is he mostly nuts? Sure, but he deserves to speak as much as anyone else does.
 
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More left wing companies removing freedom of speech
[doublepost=1533553428][/doublepost]Im sorry but now days hate speech is speaking out againt the main stream media, ring wing youtubers dont always say hate they just speak the truth but are silenced by the left

Everything and anything is considered hate speech in the ever-so-precious world we're living in these days. Nobody has a backbone anymore except for when it comes to shutting down anyone that dares speak against the system that has completely programmed them into thinking upside down.
 
That's what they said about round-earthers. You know, those nutcases who actually thought the world wasn't flat, in complete defiance of the church and all common decency. Glad those people were silenced.

The world needs speech it isn't used to hearing in order to think. Is he mostly nuts? Sure, but he deserves to speak as much as anyone else does.


LOL. The Church never thought that the Earth was flat. Totally factually inaccurate. The Catholic Church formed the body of research in the Middle Ages and it’s been known since antiquity that the Earth is round. The only thing that they didn’t realize was that it was larger than they originally thought.

I get the point of your argument but that part is factually incorrect.
 
That's what they said about round-earthers. You know, those nutcases who actually thought the world wasn't flat, in complete defiance of the church and all common decency. Glad those people were silenced.

The world needs speech it isn't used to hearing in order to think. Is he mostly nuts? Sure, but he deserves to speak as much as anyone else does.

Except that round-earthers weren't spewing hate speech. That's kind of the main point here.

Alex Jones is a terrible human being and he adds nothing of value to any topic. He's been doing this since 1999 and he's never been right about anything.
 
If your ring wing and love trump instantly your called a racist bigot and your treated like scum maybe just maybe someone doesnt agree with you, in the uk if you speak out about islam and its problem then wow you are treated like the devil its the left they have zero brain cells
 
Not nice, Apple, not nice .. As far as I know hate speech, as long as you don't call for violence, is protected speech just like any other kind of speech in U.S. Snowflake virus is infecting this planet fast.

Well, he very often has gone into detail about how he wants to inflict violence onto people who he feels are "evil". So I suppose you should support Apple's decision. Or is it the "he's just playing a character" excuse at play again? Either way, one of these days, a crazy Jones supporter is gonna act on it, and someone will get hurt over it...
 
Well, he very often has gone into detail about how he wants to inflict violence onto people who he feels are "evil". So I suppose you should support Apple's decision. Or is it the "he's just playing a character" excuse at play again? Either way, one of these days, a crazy Jones supporter is gonna act on it, and someone will get hurt over it...
I don't follow him, but that doesn't mean what Apple did is ok.
 
LOL. The Church never thought that the Earth was flat. Totally factually inaccurate. The Catholic Church formed the body of research in the Middle Ages and it’s been known since antiquity that the Earth is round. The only thing that they didn’t realize was that it was larger than they originally thought.

I get the point of your argument but that part is factually incorrect.
Fair 'nuff. xD I was misremembering something, apparently.
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Except that round-earthers weren't spewing hate speech. That's kind of the main point here.

Alex Jones is a terrible human being and he adds nothing of value to any topic. He's been doing this since 1999 and he's never been right about anything.
You have to ask yourself exactly what "hate speech" is. It really is more your perception than it is anything tangible. Thus we can see the problem with such a classification.
 
in the uk if you speak out about islam and its problem then wow you are treated like the devil its the left they have zero brain cells

I think you'll find it's racist groups such as UKIP, EDL and BNP that mainly do so in way that is racist and intolerant. The majority of us in the UK don't have a problem with islam because we are not racist scum bags.
 
I think you'll find it's racist groups such as UKIP, EDL and BNP that mainly do so in way that is racist and intolerant. The majority of us in the UK don't have a problem with islam because we are not racist scum bags.
Firstly edl isnt racist learn about them, also the uk isnt becoming uk anymore and islam isnt a race so dont judge ppl, if you dont see an issue then your part of the problem last comment
 
LOL. The Church never thought that the Earth was flat. Totally factually inaccurate. The Catholic Church formed the body of research in the Middle Ages and it’s been known since antiquity that the Earth is round. The only thing that they didn’t realize was that it was larger than they originally thought.

I get the point of your argument but that part is factually incorrect.
That isn’t the only thing they didn’t realize. The Catholic Chutch peddled the nonsense about a Gai-centric universe. Remember the Catholic Church didn’t even discuss and denied Copernicus’s theory of a heliocentric system. The American Left is becoming incredibly oppressive which is ironic. Liberals peddle tolerance but that tolerance appears to extend only to those who don’t disagree with fellow liberals. Any other opinion and belief is now considered “hate” speech. I can’t wait until political correctness dies. It is a cancer.
 
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