Alex Jones says he’s being silenced – but he isn’t shutting up and you can still listen to him.
The right wing provocateur’s Infowars was banished from most of the web’s farthest-reaching platforms this week – sending him scrambling to find other ways to get his message out, and appealing to Donald Trump for a rescue from the companies he casts as big tech villains.
Facebook and Youtube took down Jones’ pages on Monday, citing violations of their rules, and Apple and Spotify removed his podcasts.
In addition to far right politics, Jones has peddled conspiracy theories blaming the government for the September 11 attacks and claiming the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
But the removals did nothing to diminish Jones’ prolific posting. He continued to churn out one video after another on his website, app, and Twitter, where he has not been banned. But, while Infowars is still operating, experts say its reach has been greatly reduced.
