Youtube follows Apple's lead and removes the Alex Jones and Infowars channels from its platform

Business Insider ^ | 08/06/18 | Greg Sandoval

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

On Monday, YouTube became the latest platform to boot content of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from its site, hours after Apple first took steps to remove most of Jones' podcasts from its services, citing the company's hate-speech guidelines.

Now, those who try to visit The Alex Jones Channel on YouTube will be greeted by a note saying the account "has been terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines."

https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-removes-alex-jones-infowars-channels-from-platform-2018-8

[a fool in paradise]

when it comes to political ads, doesn’t the FEC have a say?

[minnesota_bound]

Headines at Drudge Report.

FACEBOOKAPPLEGOOGLE get out of free speech business...
Senate Dems Circulating Plans for Govt Takeover of Internet...

[Psalm 144]

The overt coordination in this will cost them dearly.

That happy face mask slipped and revealed Big Brother.

[Rashputin]

Private companies acting on concert when that acting in concert in effect monopolizes and controls a particular market or industry is by definition a Trust. There are anti-Trust laws on the books to deal with the concerted actions of private companies and in this case they clearly apply.

People can yammer about "they're private companies" all they like but that doesn't alter the fact that when they act in concert they constitute an illegal Trust and these companies clearly fit that definition. Whether they're private, then, isn't the issue at all nor is anyone arguing that their individual actions when not done in concert with the other principal players to control the market are in any way illegal.

It is the fact that they are acting in concert to eliminate a specific category of speech that is illegal.

Maybe you don't understand the difference between anti-Monopoly law and anti-Trust law.

[Electric Graffiti]

Tech giants controlled by rabid lefties are acting in concert with our corrupt stasi state, also controlled by rabid leftists, to stifle speech...What could go wrong?

None of this is going to end well.

[boycott]

They remove all the muzzie hate videos yet?

[Rashputin]

With this attracting attention, what are the odds there will be some hyped as so called major “Russia, Russia, Russia”, “horrible Assad”, or other foreign threat “news” on most media outlets first thing in the morning?

[Electric Graffiti]

That sounds about right...

[familyop]

So that’s how lefties are mesmerized into moving to the right, with crazy talk. Amazing! And yes, there are some antitrust issues that need to be remedied.

[Pollster1]

I am not a fan of either Alex Jones or Infowars, but I am disgusted by the collusion and coordinated censorship we are seeing from the far left Internet giants. I remember when those who called themselves “liberal” were genuinely liberal and supported freedom, but that was a very long time ago.

“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.”
- Justice Louis Brandeis

[DAC21]

Unidentified Blonde with back to photographer looks like Marissa Mayer. Yuge Obama asslicker and the CEO that drove Yahoo into the toilet and her to the bank with about a half billion dollars. At the time of this photo she may well have still been with Google.

[odawg]

“Apple does not tolerate hate speech, and we have clear guidelines that creators and developers must follow to ensure we provide a safe environment for all of our users,”

Every political campaign that ever was, and certainly every MSM newscast contains “hateful” and “bullying” speech aimed at Trump according to the supposed wounded sensitivities of Facebook and Google. They just happen to sympathize, therefore it is okay.

[Drew68]

So, Alex will now buy his own server and run his own service?

Yep, and receive a fraction of the traffic he used to have.

[proudpapa]

First they came for Alex Jones...

[Biggirl]

To protect their "❄ snowflakes ".

[frnewsjunkie]

Seems to me, twitter and facebook are the same situation as the baker who had to bake a cake for someone they didn’t agree with. A judge didn’t have any problems making the baker bake that cake.. businesses and all... so twitter and facebook have to let those they disagree with, post and comment!

Businesses are business....

Freedom of speech and the American way of life... are being attacked!

[FlyingEagle]

It certainly looks like a trust in conspiracy to deprive free speech constitutional rights based on their own opinion.

[mewzilla]

Political redlining...

[DH]

So? It’s finally come out from the dark.....the censorship of free speech and thought.

Our public school system, the “so-called” institutes of higher education, the government from the lowest level to the highest level, the entertainment industry and all means of promoting “social justice” have finally revealed their end goals: Total control of free speech and thought!

I feel fortunate that I’ve lived through the “Norman Rockwell” days of the once great America. A dream that will never come back for “PROGRESSIVES” need to march on to eliminate all aspects of history and rewrite it for their purposes. All “education” is a farce today since what is taught is as far from the values and truths of real life have been changed to ensure that the only thought that is true (and healthy) is that of the one’s who want to destroy our country and way of life that existed up until the mid-70’s. The is an old saying: You make your own bed and lay in it to sleep. Well, that bed is being made as I write this note.

[Biggirl]

The left is planting the seeds of revolt against them down the road.