Published: September 06, 2018
- Video posted on Wednesday violates ‘abusive behavior’ policy
- Action comes day after CEO Jack Dorsey testified to Congress
Twitter announced on Thursday afternoon that it is permanently banning the rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars show because of abusive behavior on the platform.
A day after Twitter’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, testified on Capitol Hill, with Jones taking a front-row seat in the public section and haranguing a reporter in congressional corridors, the company said Jones will not be able to create new accounts on Twitter or take over any existing ones. Twitter said Jones posted a video on Wednesday that violates the company’s policy against “abusive behavior”.
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