‘Survival of our democracy’ depends on banning sites like InfoWars, Dem senator says
‘Survival of our democracy’ depends on banning sites like
InfoWars, Dem senator says
by Caitlin Yilek August 07, 2018 08:30 AM
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is calling on other tech
companies to ban more sites like InfoWars, and says the survival of American democracy
depends on it.
“Infowars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies
that uses sites like Facebook and YouTube to tear our nation apart. These
companies must do more than take down one website. The survival of our
democracy depends on it,” Murphy tweeted Monday.
In an earlier tweet, Murphy reasoned that private
companies “shouldn’t knowingly spread lies and hate.”
Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and Spotify removed
Alex Jones and his InfoWars show from their platforms in recent days, citing
violations of their codes of conduct relating to hate speech.
Apple deleted all episodes for five of InfoWars’ six
podcasts, including the popular "Alex Jones Show" podcast, which was
hosted by Jones, a prominent conspiracy theorist.
Facebook made a similar move by taking down four InfoWars
pages after originally removing only certain videos it said violated its hate
speech and bullying policies. Jones was previously suspended from the social
media platform for 30 days.
YouTube also removed Jones’ channel from the platform.
“They’re invading the First Amendment,” Jones responded.
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