Twitter has just permanently banned conspiracy theorist and fake news purveyor Alex Jones and his InfoWars brand from the social media platform, one month after he was booted from other top tech companies.
“Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope. We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts’ past violations,” Twitter said.
In a series of tweets the company also said should Jones or his employees attempt to create new accounts to replace his and his InfoWars brand, they too would be shut down.
The company cited abuse Jones had hurled at CNN’s Oliver Darcy, The Daily Beast reports.
“Those are the eyes of a rat,” Jones told Darcy to his face in a live video, where he accused Darcy and CNN of trying police internet content.
Jones and InfoWars had about 1.5 million followers on Twitter.
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Earlier today the Dept. of Justice announced it would be investigating social media companies to determine if they are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas,” a claim that if true more likely applies to progressive outlets than conservative ones.