Twitter finally admits Alex Jones violated its rules, hits him with a 7-day ban

[UpInArms]

Source: Business Insider

Twitter has put Alex Jones in the sin bin for seven days after the Infowars host broke the company's rules.

Amid significant pressure to follow Apple, Facebook, and YouTube in deleting Jones' account permanently, it appears that Twitter is keeping a watching brief, rather than punishing him retrospectively.

The social network has decided to freeze his account for seven days, meaning he will be unable to tweet and can only read posts from people he follows.

The conspiracy theorist's offending tweet linked to a Periscope video in which he told viewers to get "battle rifles" ready, said BuzzFeed reporter Ryan Mac.

A Twitter spokesman said: "We can confirm that the account currently has limited functionality. We haven't suspended the account but are requiring Tweets which contained a broadcast in violation of our rules are deleted."

Read more: https://amp.businessinsider.com/twitter-bans-infowars-host-alex-jones-for-7-days-2018-8

[marble falls]

1. ooooooooooooh seven days. The inhumanity.

[George II]

2. Maybe they're hoping he has that impending aneurysm in the next seven days?

[marble falls]

3. If anyone is going to have one as worked up as he gets .... he's the poster child.

[PSPS]

4. LOL. Twitter has rules? It's the 4-chan of messaging apps.

These companies have no social conscience whatsoever. Nuts like Jones, and even Trump, are the only thing keeping twitter afloat. Get back to me when threatening nuclear war by someone who can actually make it happen becomes a "violation of its rules."

[DBoon]

5. Short enough to not affect delivery of his message

Long enough to make him a martyr