Can't say I was a fan...but this is NOT good...for ANYONE

Agreed. I cannot abide the man's demeanor (or his ego), but what is being done to conservative voices is tyranny.

Not only are they attacking the 1st ammendment and banning free speech.
They are destroying American history by deleting thousands of contemporary video documents.

Umm, Facebook is a private corporation. Nazi's were the government. School's outlawed certain books in the 50's and 60's, that's worse than banning some fat, divorced, wife took his kids away, lying idiot, delusional, moronic, sad sack.

Facebook is a publically traded company with shareholders. That private company does not apply in this situation.

Ya ok, you got me there. Lol

What you seem to miss is the spirit of banning free speech. The violation of free speech is what has been adopted by those who wish us to see only what they want us to see and this is patently wrong. Congratulations for educating everyone that didn't know the difference between a private corporation and a government. Thank you citizen. I am sure the social engineers appreciate your justifying the murder of our freedom to make our own choices and decide for ourselves what we wish to believe.

No one has prevented Alex Jones from speaking. He still has his show on the air, on Youtube and is being touted by Faux news. He's just not able to use Facebook as a platform for his fake extremist far right rhetoric anymore, which is their right as a non-government entity. Are you also crying that Facebook is removing fake Russian ads as well? I mean you do realize that Jones' lawyer admitted in his custody trial that Jones doesn't even believe all the BS he's shoveling, right? Do you even know what you're defending here?

Alex Jones is shut down. On all platforms.

And: yes we know what we are defending here.
The 1st Ammendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Yes, for public forums. Free speech is NOTHING if we don't have it in PUBLIC. There needs to be a revision. Not a compliance.

Exactly. I may loathe Jones' theatrics, his eagerness to prematurely label situations "false flags", his personal lifestyle that keenly contradicts with what he preaches, his infatuation with stripping his shirt off, ect., but I am an adult and like using my own judgment in deciding to listen to his show or not. It is the same when I choose to listen to what Rachel Maddow has to say or Rush Limbaugh. What I don't need or want is media platform CEO's like those at Spotify to decide - from political motivation- what choices are made available. BTW, my husband, who is an INFO WARS fan, has told me the app has gained much popularity at Google Play since this censorship attempt went into effect. So this at least, is good news for the 1st Amendment :)

It only says the gov can not make a law, come think about it, if you say that a company has to keep his channel up aren't you suppressing the company's 1st amendment?

I said it was censorship, whether it is the company's right to make the decision or not. If I owned a book store (and I actually did at one time) and refused to sell a book because I don't like the content, I have the perfectly legal right not to make it available in my shop. But this doesn't make my action any less an act of censorship. And the point some people are rightfully concerned with is this: when a bunch of censor-happy people band together to suppress ideas which they find offensive, then we open the door to regimes of censorship. Think of Hitler and his brown shirt cohorts burning books across Germany, communist China confiscating books by Western authors (and imprisoning those who owned them), and even American college universities back in the 1950's that assumed young people couldn't be exposed to certain ideas. Think about all the self-righteous people throughout history who have banned, censored, destroyed and penalized literature, art, music and the basic exchange of ideas. Some of us do not want protective measures making our choices for us, because we know what such runaway dictates made in the names of morality and the common good have led to in the past.

He's not shut down on all platforms, his Twitter account is still up.

Does this tool speak for you?

If you're talking about Jones, you very obviously know little about me (I personally can't bear his antics). But if you're talking about Giorgio from Ancient Aliens, well I think he has a nice smile and pleasant speaking voice. Hope this answers your tool question.

What did he say that got him banned off 3 or 4 platforms within 24 hours? Not a big fan either but this is a joke and a dangerous step towards censorship of anyone who doesn't follow the main stream narrative.

Simultaneous shutdown on 4 platforms within 24 hours - this is no coincidence.
Now that the russian narrative backfires they try to push the 'blue wave' for the November midterms.

Great point.

thx. same on twitter. shadowbanning.

Whatever happened to liberals that use to say 'I disagree with you but I'll defend to the death your right to say it'? (besides a few smaller voices)

The Amazing Atheist on youtube reckons that quote should be updated to read

"I don't agree with what you say, and i'm going to kill you to make sure you never say it again!"

Not a fan of the banana man but that is a good one.

Same here but he still pops up on my feed and I only watched that last one to see what he was saying about jones

Again, which you're probably ok with. So much for defending the First Amendment, eh?

apparently there's a YouTube statement out there somewhere but i've not seen it or been to the infowars site

That's hilarious. He's very pro Israel.

If it makes you feel any better, in Jones' latest video he talks about shooting Mueller (a law enforcement official) and YouTube hasn't taken his video down yet.

Hmmmm, that's right. Never saw the one where he said that but I saw one after where he said he was joking or using satire for a reason I can't remember. Does Youtube remove everyone that talks about shooting government officials like Trump?

I have no idea what YouTube's policies are although I think complaints might have something to do with getting videos removed.

Talk about censorship , the IHEART.RADIO App won't load WOR 710 New York . A right wing station that broadcasts Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity .

what next...newspapers? television?

If they open these doors, it will all come back and bite them on the ass one day!

That's not censorship. Censorship is when the government does something to block media access. Private companies have no obligation to allow anyone to say or do anything through their platforms. In fact, if a person repeatedly violates the terms and services, if that person flouts practices that are potentially detrimental to the site, it is within that site's right to remove that person's access.

It absolutely IS censorship by definition. Perhaps a dictionary would help you. It is the spirit of censorship which we must not allow to prevail. The fact that these powers are engineering information via a PUBLIC forum in order to manipulate minds to a certain bias...the principle of freedom of speech and the violation of it applies...even if it is not yet legally recognized. This stupid argument people keep citing will not help us prevail. We must challenge the error of interpretation regarding freedom of speech in public forum. We must come together in order to do it and refuse the lazy option of submitting to the false applications of laws that are posited by those same entities who are attempting the crimes at hand.

No, it isn't.
Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

So you didn't go to the dictionary? It IS censorship by definition. It is just not government affiliated.

Here's censorship , IMGFLIP won't feature this meme . For another censored meme , search "Adam Schiff" in the Templates

As is their right; this is their website. They don't want to publish bullshit, they don't have to.

If you don't like Imgflip's policies on what is and is not acceptable, you're free to f**k off to another site.

In fact, we all really wish you would.

Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

OK , I take it all back . My "Shiftless Schiff" meme featured !

YouTube’s been shutting down so many channels and pull tons of videos. Your watch later will be a gravesite. Anyone heard quasiluminous? Was quiet the insane channel

224sin.jpg (click to show) We seriously don't want to go down the road where there are thought and speech police.

to hell with him - “He went on a sustained attack that has lasted for years, accusing shattered family members of being actors, stating as fact that the shooting itself was a hoax and inciting others to act on these malicious lies,”

Inciting assassination and violence is not free speech. He should be locked up, and before its over likely will be. - Alex Jones, the conspiracy-peddling online commentator, mimes shooting Robert Mueller in his latest online video,

i dunno about "inciting violence" i certainly never seen that. but as for the Mueller thing (again, not seen it) what's the difference between that and Snoop dogg assassinating Trump or the comedian(?!) woman who was holding his decapitated head?

Well, in all fairness, Kathy Griffin's career all but ended because of that stunt. And Snoop Dogg is a has-been nobody now. Not saying we should destroy free speech, but the guy they did it to I have no problem with. The problem I have is this is just the beginning.

First it's idiots like Alex Jones, then it's other less crazy right wing celebrities, then it's actual average conservative Joes like you and me.

Kathy Griffins career went into a hiatus, and she's now coming back. and this is the big problem with what people have been doing...they're making these rules about what's unacceptable up as they go along, but when it affects them, they want different rules!

I've been on the wrong side of this more times than i care to count, my Tokinjester FB and Twitter got banned so many times they won't let me back on without providing a passport or driving licence id...in other words, i have to dox myself!! I don;t have a problem telling people about where i live or what i do, but i'm sure as hell not gonna promote it..not with the amount of crazies out there today