Just Saying | If Twitter must ban Alex Jones, how about Donald Trump first?
Yonden Lhatoo argues that if American tech giants like Facebook and Twitter must ban the far-right radio host for internet bullying and spreading hate speech, it would only be fair to start with the US president first
So Twitter finally caved in to public pressure this week and suspended the accounts of America’s most celebrated far-right nut job, Alex Jones, even if it’s only for seven days.
Twitter eventually relented and gave him what it called a “timeout” after Jones tweeted a video urging his millions of followers to get their “battle rifles ready” against the media and others. His call apparently violated the company’s policy against content inciting violence.
As completely deranged as all of it sounds, his rants can be downright dangerous because of boneheads who believe everything he says. One of them actually went charging into that pizzeria and opened fire with a rifle.