Twitter Partially Suspends Alex Jones for ‘Abusive’ Video Urging Followers to Arm Themselves
Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Alex Jones (see 1808100025) Tuesday shortly after the far-right conspiracy theorist posted an “abusive” video urging followers to “have their battle rifles” ready against mainstream media and others. Jones -- who experienced widespread content…
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takedowns by Apple, Facebook, YouTube and others last week -- tweeted a screenshot from his InfoWars account of Twitter’s explanation for the seven-day suspension. Twitter limited his account to direct messages to followers and barred him from tweeting, retweeting, following and liking. The clock starts when Jones removes the “abusive” post, the platform said. “The account currently has limited functionality,” a spokesperson emailed. “We haven't suspended the account but are requiring Tweets which contained a broadcast in violation of our rules are deleted.” “Everybody’s getting purged,” Jones said, calling the platform’s rules subjective. “It’s not just me. [Twitter’s] just taking their time with InfoWars.”