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Temporary though it may be, Facebook has suspended InfoWars’ chief conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from their platform for the next 30 days, and there may be harsher penalties in the future.
A Facebook representative released a statement to the media on Thursday night, saying they’ve removed four videos from pages affiliated with Infowars. They also confirmed the freeze on Jones’ account while saying that he and his social media admins might all be banned from Facebook forever if they continue to violate community standards.
“Our Community Standards make it clear that we prohibit content that encourages physical harm [bullying], or attacks someone based on their religious affiliation or gender identity [hate speech],” the spokesperson said. “We reviewed the content against our Community Standards and determined that it violates. All four videos have been removed from Facebook.”
While its unclear how many strikes this will take, Facebook has said in the past that they will remove Jones’ pages altogether if he continues to spout his lunacy and walk on thin ice. The news comes days after Jones’ YouTube account received a new strike and had some of his videos removed for community guideline violations on there as well.