Facebook bans 'InfoWars' founder Alex Jones for 30 days
Facebook bans 'InfoWars' founder Alex Jones for 30 days
By RACHEL THOMPSON July 27, 2018
A mere matter of days after InfoWars founder Alex Jones
received yet another YouTube strike — but wasn't banned — he's been hit with a
30-day block on Facebook.
Jones received another strike on YouTube this week for
violating community guidelines in four videos, which have since been taken
down.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed in an email that the
social network has enforced a 30-day time out for Jones after he was found to
have violated Facebook's Community Standards.
"Our Community Standards make it clear that we
prohibit content that encourages physical harm [bullying], or attacks someone
based on their religious affiliation or gender identity [hate speech],"
said a Facebook spokesperson.
"We remove content that violates our standards as
soon as we're aware of it. In this case, we received reports related to four
different videos on the Pages that InfoWars and Alex Jones maintain on Facebook,"
the spokesperson continued.
Facebook reviewed the content posted by Jones and found
four videos to be in violation of its Community Standards. The videos have
since been taken down, the spokesperson confirmed.
So, what exactly is a 30-day block?
Essentially, the block will be applied to any pages
managed by Jones, in addition to Jones himself. This means he won't be able to
post content to any pages that he's "page admin" for.
Facebook enforce 30-day bans in the case of multiple
violations. Prior to this ban, Jones has received a notification from Facebook
informing him that he had repeatedly violated its policies and informing him
that if he did so again, he'd receive a 30-day ban.
While Jones didn't receive an out-and-out ban this time,
he's certainly treading on thin ice as far as Facebook's concerned. Several
pages managed by Jones are said to be close to the point of being unpublished
by the social network given his repeated violations of community standards.
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