My oppinion on why were Alex Jones and Infowars kicked off YouTube, Facebook, Apple and Spotify?
0The tech industry is cracking down on the famous conspiracy theorist.
In a move presaged by weeks of mounting pressure, Apple, Facebook, Google's YouTube and Spotify cracked down on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media empire, removing wide swathes of content or terminating his accounts entirely. All the actions seemed to happen within 24 hours.
Was it a long-overdue crackdown or a conspiracy of censorship? That depends on who you ask. The truth -- wait, does that still exist? -- is probably neither. But in a hyper-divisive era, the opaque manner that tech companies enforce their community standards leaves them open to being villainized by both sides, even those straining at opposite ends of a political tug-of-war.
Jason Kint, who runs Digital Content Next, a trade group for online news publications, said the removal was welcomed, if it was prompted by actual violations of the tech giant's standards. But without a more transparent approach, the companies risk being accused of censorship.
"We still want them to be very cautious about anything that is close to censorship," Kint said. "Being crystal clear about their policies and how this is a violation of their policies would be helpful."
Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify ban Infowars, touching off censorship debate:
https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-facebook-youtube-spotify-bans-infowars-a-conspiracy-theorists-dream/