Infowars and Alex Jones continually breached their Terms of Service by lying and spreading fake news.
I thought you'd be applauding something like this given how much you accuse people of lying and spreading fake news on here.
And is there really any surprise this is happening?
The President is doing nothing about the Russian interference and how they were able to sway opinion using their troll farms, so the services that were exploited are doing the work to protect the sanctity of the democratic process themselves despite the inaction from the oval office.
The only reason someone like Alex Jones is getting caught up in this is because like many out on the fringe, he uses conspiracy in place of facts and pushes narratives that are not only total bullshit and demonstrably untrue, but they hurt real people, be they the families of the victims of terrible tragedies that Infowars claims were deep state hoaxes or he stirs up the crazies into taking guns to pizza places and threatens lives (for example).
Infowars have always pushed the boundaries of free speech vs yelling "Fire" in a crowded building or making a fake bomb threat.
I'm still surprised time and time again that you Mech, someone who apparently cares deeply about the truth given how you attack people for what you deem their lies, will align yourself with someone like Trump or Alex Jones who are well documented in their abandonment of the truth.
This is but another example.
Jones is just a nutter out in the fringe and Trump is in survival mode, willing to say or do anything to protect himself. When they have people who look up to them and take their word as gospel, it's dangerous.
Like, costs lives dangerous.
YouTube, Facebook etc are enforcing their terms of service as they have every right to do as a public company.
This is nothing new. Just look up the “adpocalypse” where people talking about Transgender issues or would report on school shootings as a news/commentary show, they would lose their monetisation all the time, even if they were anti-guns simply because of the content they were covering was no longer advertiser friendly.
Where is your outrage for their plight?
You think Infowars is advertiser friendly? Of course not.
This is not a new, conservative targeting measure. That idea is yet another conspiracy mostly pushed by Infowars to help their publicity.
One loud mouth conservative nutbar who has a following that would see an Illuminati conspiracy in their cereal bowl if there for more green fruit loops than purple ones are being vocal about issues they laughed about when it was causing Liberal Tears when it was those on the left who were impacted by these changes are now squealing like a stuck pig because one of their own has had to follow these new rules, didn't and has been banned after numerous warnings and take downs.
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Aug 7
th, 2018 at 6:39am:
Freedom of Speech just died...
YouTube and Facebook are platforms where they generate an income by companies advertising. These companies have made it clear they don't want their names or products associated with the likes of Infowars due to the content and lies they spread. Infowars didn't change their ways and were therefore demonetised. Since they're also been pushing false narratives or fake news for years, this is also starting to catch up to them.
Capitalism at work.
Again, from the things you claim to care about Mech, you should be applauding this move. Let the market sort itself out and stop the spread of lies and fake news.
You laughed when this was happening to those campaigning for better regulations of guns or would post about transgender issues, but you're up in arms when it's content you like having the rules enforced?
Cry me a river hypocrite…
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