Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·70.7K videos

The Case For Not Banning Alex Jones

Posted

August 13, 2018

Views

81,456

Likes

2,592

Comments

1,821

Engagement

5.42%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

Should social media platforms have banned Alex Jones? Jimmy Dore, Stef Zamorano, and Ron Placone, hosts of Aggressive Progressives, discuss.

"While tech giants Facebook, YouTube and Apple booted content by conspiracy theorist and far-right radio host Alex Jones this week, one company resisted purging him from its platform: Twitter.

Now, after a torrent of criticism from those accusing Jones and his site, Infowars, of peddling false and damaging conspiracies, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his decision in a series of tweets Tuesday night.

"We know that's hard for many but the reason is simple: he hasn't violated our rules," Dorsey tweeted. "We'll enforce if he does. And we'll continue to promote a healthy conversational environment by ensuring tweets aren't artificially amplified.""*

Read more here

Follow Jimmy Dore on Twitter

Follow Steve Oh on Twitter

Follow Stef Zamorano on Twitter

Follow Malcolm Fleschner on Twitter

Follow Ron Placone on Twitter

Follow Mark Thompson on Twitter

Guests & Subjects Covered

Ron PlaconeAggressive ProgressivesFacebook YouTubeAlex JonesTwitter NowTwitter CEO Jack DorseyFollow Jimmy DoreTwitter Follow Steve Oh

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.

The Case For Not Banning Alex Jones · Cenk Uygur · Sentinel