Facebook Follows YouTube's Lead, Blocks Alex Jones' Pages

[Swordsmyth]

He does indeed have a large megaphone but breaking stories that no one else touches is something he hasn't done in a long time. If it's his reach that is being silenced then something very newsworthy and ripe for conspiratorial commentary isn't far off. However, it seems to me that silencing IW is a big distraction from the much wider silencing going on of smaller, independent-thinking media voices and AJ is just sucking all of the air out of the room with his saga. I barely see a peep about the others that have been shut down and will continue to be shut down. It's those smaller outlets that make up the network of independent news and commentary, not really AJ/IW anymore.

It is the first step into a new level of censorship, now they will not only pick on little sites that few people will notice but they will dare to attack high visibility targets and purge any and all non-leftist voices.

It doesn't much matter whether you like AJ or not, if they don't feel pain for this things will get much worse in a hurry.

 

[Suzanimal]

The current list of sites that have banned Jones:

Facebook
YouTube
Apple
Google Podcast
Spotify
TuneIn
Spreaker
iHeartRadio
Audioboom
Pinterest
MailChimp
Stitcher
Disqus
Sprout Social
LinkedIn
…YouPorn?

 

[Danke]

You have not been banned there yet.

 

[nbhadja]

Come on, AJ/IW has turned into MSM-lite. Every story on IW front page right now is some derivative of an MSM item, just spun a bit for the low-info faux CT "Q" believing crowd. I'm struggling to figure out why anyone in power would think he needs to be silenced. It's not like he's producing End Game and Obama Deception type videos any more.

Because he tells the truth. That's why. They wouldn't care if he was just spewing BS. It's the same reason why the MSM all coordinated to attack the Q stuff last week after ignoring it since it started last November. They won't do that if Q was a lying larp.The Q stuff is real and you will see it soon. The sealed indictments don't lie, nor does Q's track record of being right.

 

[AuH20]

 

[specsaregood]

Because he tells the truth. That's why. They wouldn't care if he was just spewing BS.

So you are saying that the Russians really did attack us on new years eve 1999?

 

[tod evans]

https://grrrgraphics.com/the-game-is-rigged-free-speech-monopoly/


In early America many cities had ‘town squares’ in which citizens could stand on soapboxes and shout out various messages. Our First Amendment protects such speech.

The Internet is today’s town square. The soapboxes are social media.

The Deep State and the left are intertwined with Silicon Valley. The CIA helped Google and Facebook get started. Why? To make it easier to spy on people. Over time, millions gravitated toward Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Conservative and Libertarian voices became very strong and that alarmed the Deep State. So they began demonetizing conservatives. Then they shadow-banned them. Now they are deleting them outright.

For many years, Alex Jones reached millions with his journalism and rants. His tirades helped wake people up. He yelled at us about the Deep State, including the corrupt security agencies, the Bohemian Grove, the CFR, the Bilderbergs, fluoride in our water, the lies about 9-11, and yes, even Sandy Hook. The latter had many anomalies that should be questioned. Alex brought all of this up and more before anyone else had a inkling about what was really going on with such matters. He was routinely dismissed as a ‘conspiracy theorist’ by the establishment. However, much of what he has been saying over the years is now acknowledged as self-evident. The legacy media, the Deep State, and Silicon Valley could not stomach the fact that he was informing and influencing minds and elections. They all got together and confiscated his soapbox. Their lame excuse? They claimed he was a purveyor of ‘hate speech.’


Having previously endured years of hate speech aimed toward me, I know what it is and what it isn’t. To me, it’s libel, defamation and death threats. Alex Jones has never engaged in hate speech. Questioning climate change is not hate speech. Jones is not a racist, a bigot or any of the other ‘phobic’ names the left enjoy pinning on ideological opponents. ‘Hate speech’ sounds alarming and terrible, but it’s also vague. Who gets to decide what it is? The Supreme Court ruled it was legal speech, but apparently the Silicon Valley and Deep State commissars want to overrule that decision. They own their social media game and they’ve rigged it in their favor. They have all the money in the world, so they can afford to lose revenue from the millions of conservatives and libertarians they’re forcing out of the game. They can’t win the argument, so they’re resorting to censorship.

Censorship is what China does, and companies like Facebook and Apple are eager to please the communist oligarchs. The Deep State wants what President Xi enjoys—a rigged Internet that does not allow dissent or criticism of the political elite. Right now, even Winnie the Pooh is being banned in China. Why? Because Xi opponents in China were using the cartoon bear as a ‘meme’ to criticize their leader. Remember, conservatives greatly out-memed the left during the last presidential election. Hillary is no doubt very angry that we have the ability to meme and ridicule her pomposity. She once said herself that the Internet needs an ‘editor.’ She would welcome a Chinese-style, well-censored Internet that she and her ilk would control.

The leftist media have dominated American minds for decades. The lies they told were readily accepted as facts. That kind of mind control is no longer working for them, thanks to the Internet. We know their ‘Russia collusion’ narrative is bunk. We’re not going along, so now they want to force us to go along and if we don’t, we get banned as ‘haters.’


It will get worse. PayPal is already banning users who are being smeared as ‘haters.’ The left will make that tactic seem fashionable, so it’s a matter of time before banks get in on the act. Maybe even the Bezos-owned Amazon?

What can we do? Many think conservatives should develop their own social media. That is no easy task and we will receive no generous funding from the Deep State to do it. What we should NOT do is ask government to ‘regulate’ social media. That would only add bureaucracy and regulations on free speech and if the left regains political control, they will use it to their advantage. Just like they used the IRS to harass conservatives.

The only thing we can do now is keep our cool and let the leftist oligarchs play their game and reveal themselves for who they are—tyrants who want control over our minds via their game of monopoly.

—Ben Garrison

 

[Anti Federalist]

Bans don’t seem to be lessening reach of Alex Jones, InfoWars

https://www.mystatesman.com/busines...h-alex-jones-infowars/Xo1jC96JodMuYqZDYMVQjO/

By Sebastian Herrera and Nicole Cobler - American-Statesman Staff

Posted: 11:41 a.m. Friday, August 10, 2018

Some of the nation’s largest technology and social media companies have tried to stop Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories. But in a digital world, their attempts seem to have barely slowed him down.

After YouTube, Facebook and others this week removed content by Jones and his website, the InfoWars leader, talk show host and Austin resident fired back, accusing the companies of censorship and urging his audience to fight back against what he called an “unprecedented attack.”

Meanwhile, Jones’ website and other online platforms have remained popular destinations.

InfoWars continues to see more than 1 million page visits per day and has trended upward this month, according to Amazon’s Alexa website traffic report, which also said InfoWars averages more than 25 million page views per month.

Consumers still can access InfoWars through the same tech companies that just banned it. Google still offers the Infowars app for Android users, and Apple customers can download it through the App Store.

As of Friday, the show’s phone app remained near the top of the charts in both the Apple App and Google Play stores. Infowars Official, an app that lets viewers stream Jones’ shows and read news of the day, was ranked fourth among trending apps in the Google Play store Friday. In the news category on Apple’s App Store, Infowars earned the fourth slot under the top free apps, behind Twitter and News Break, a local and breaking news service, revealing a sudden boost of user downloads.

Apple told The Washington Post in a written statement: “We put great effort into curating the App Store to provide the very best experience for everyone. We strongly support all points of view being represented on the App Store, as long as the apps are respectful to users with differing opinions, and follow our clear guidelines, ensuring the App Store is a safe marketplace for all.”

On Twitter, where Jones hasn’t been banned, his follower count has reached almost 900,000.

“Alex Jones has been doing this for a long time,” said Adam Curry, a former host on MTV and longtime podcast personality in Austin. “When he started off, there was no YouTube, etc. We have the belief that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are the internet, but it’s not. You can’t stop people from posting, and he has a very loyal following.”

Jones has previously said his platforms reach 70 million people per week.

In a way, Curry said, Jones’ banishment from major websites has helped the host, giving him ammunition to rile up his followers and further promote his initiatives.

More at link...

 

[timosman]

“Alex Jones has been doing this for a long time,” said Adam Curry, a former host on MTV and longtime podcast personality in Austin. “When he started off, there was no YouTube, etc. We have the belief that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are the internet, but it’s not. You can’t stop people from posting, and he has a very loyal following.”

 

[devil21]

In a way, Curry said, Jones’ banishment from major websites has helped the host, giving him ammunition to rile up his followers and further promote his initiatives.

More at link...

Interesting article there. It appears that the banning has created more interest in AJ/IW, not less.

If one believes that AJ is controlled opposition, perhaps he is being set up to be a "go to" source of commentary for the low-info faux CT "Q" believing Trumper crowd instead of his reach being silenced. We have learned that one of the best ways to drive people toward controlled opposition is to have the "mainstream" attack them (see: Trump...the enemy of your enemy must be your friend? No, not always.) Then, the controlled opposition can lead the followers in the wrong direction with the largest megaphone, thus drowning out lesser dissenting voices.

 

[Marenco]

 

[Swordsmyth]

It all started with Eve, the snake and that apple.