{"id":37489,"date":"2018-09-08T10:32:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T15:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37489"},"modified":"2018-09-08T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T15:32:29","slug":"twitter-exposes-its-politically-motivated-censorship-policy-in-banning-of-alex-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37489","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Exposes Its Politically Motivated Censorship Policy In Banning Of Alex Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav id=\"flash-breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb-trail breadcrumbs\">\n<div class=\"tg-container\">\n<h3 class=\"trail-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-07\/twitter-exposes-its-politically-motivated-censorship-policy-banning-alex-jones-0\">Twitter Exposes Its Politically Motivated Censorship Policy In Banning Of Alex Jones<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div class=\"tg-container\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n<article id=\"post-13226\" class=\"post-13226 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-affairs category-censorship category-culture category-social-media category-american-politics tag-alex-jones tag-censorship tag-facebook tag-google tag-infowars tag-jack-dorsey tag-social-media tag-twitter\">\n<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/5b9002b2d6024.image_.jpg?fit=1200%2C751&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/5b9002b2d6024.image_.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/5b9002b2d6024.image_.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/5b9002b2d6024.image_.jpg?resize=768%2C481&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/5b9002b2d6024.image_.jpg?resize=1024%2C641&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"751\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-block\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/2018\/09\/twitter-exposes-its-politically-motivated-censorship-policy-in-banning-of-alex-jones\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"date published\" datetime=\"2018-09-06T20:30:43+00:00\">September 6, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/span><span class=\"entry-author vcard author\"> <i class=\"fa fa-user\"><\/i><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/author\/elizabethvos\/\">Elizabeth Vos<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It has been a busy month for Twitter, and Alex Jones, with Jack Dorsey forced to defend the decision not to ban Jones early last month, only reverse course by suspending Jones shortly after a tense Senate hearing on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/2l8gs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate hearing,<\/a>\u00a0in which Dorsey spoke alongside\u00a0Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, saw the Twitter CEO questioned on his decision not to ban Jones. Shortly afterward, Twitter permanently suspending Jones\u2019s verified account as well as that of Infowars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/gXLHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a> reported Jones\u2019s response to the ban:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was taken down not because we lie, but because we tell the truth \u2014 and because we were popular\u2026 And because we dared to go to that committee hearing and stand up to Rubio and stand up to the lies of mainstream media and speak the truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a statement regarding the decision to ban Jones, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1037804427992686593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Safety<\/a>\u00a0wrote:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Twitter Safety (screen name: TwitterSafety)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/875170358218735617\/qYyASCpq_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/875170358218735617\/qYyASCpq_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/875170358218735617\/qYyASCpq_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">Today, we permanently suspended <a class=\"PrettyLink profile customisable h-card\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAlexJones\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"109065990\" data-scribe=\"element:mention\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">realalexjones<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"PrettyLink profile customisable h-card\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infowars\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"14505245\" data-scribe=\"element:mention\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">infowars<\/span><\/a> from Twitter and Periscope. We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behaviour policy, in addition to the accounts\u2019 past violations. <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/abusive-behavior\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gckzUAV8GL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/abusive-behavior\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span>help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-p<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">olicies\/abusive-behavior\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1037804427992686593\" data-datetime=\"2018-09-06T20:47:11+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 06, 2018 20:47:11 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-09-06T20:47:11+0000\">4:47 PM &#8211; Sep 6, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-loaded is-constrainedByMaxWidth\" data-card-name=\"summary\" data-css=\"https:\/\/ton.twimg.com\/tfw\/css\/syndication_bundle_v1_0f800c4c60206a3994a34989ef109e9eba493ffa.css\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-image TwitterCardsGrid-float--prev\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageContainer tcu-imageAspect--1to1\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageWrapper tcu-image-1037804427992686593 js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1035366997964546048\/eto9Rhrl?format=jpg&amp;name=144x144_2); background-size: cover;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-block\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1035366997964546048\/eto9Rhrl?format=jpg&amp;name=144x144_2\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-float--prev\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<p class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Abusive behavior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Tweet is particularly hypocritical, in its bizarre allusion to Jones having committed <strong>\u2018<\/strong><strong>past violations\u2019 of Twitter rules<\/strong>, even though Jack Dorsey had been forced to defend the company\u2019s policy in regards to not having banned Jones, by <strong>stating outright that Jones had not violated Twitter policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter Exposes Its Politically Motivated Censorship Policy In Banning Of Alex Jones September 6, 2018 Elizabeth Vos It has been a busy month for Twitter, and Alex Jones, with Jack Dorsey forced to defend the decision not to ban Jones early last month, only reverse course by suspending Jones shortly after a tense Senate hearing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21567,6586,120,17571,21566,637,21568,819],"class_list":["post-37489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-abusive-behavior","tag-alex-jones","tag-censorship","tag-jack-dorsey","tag-political-motivation","tag-politics","tag-tweet","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37490,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37489\/revisions\/37490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}