Twitter puts Infowars’ Alex Jones in the ‘read-only’ sin bin for 7 days

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Twitter has finally taken action against Infowars creator Alex Jones, but it isn''t what you might think. While Apple, Facebook,
Google/YouTube, Spotify and many others have removed Jones and his conspiracy-peddling organization Infowars from their platforms, Twitter
has remained unmoved with its claim that Jones hasn''t violated rules on its platform. That was helped in no small way by the mysterious
removal of some tweets last week, but now Jones has been found to have violated Twitter rules, as CNET first noted. Twitter is punishing
Jones for a tweet that violates its community standards but it isn''t locking him out forever.Instead, a spokesperson for the company
confirmed that Jones& account is in &read-only mode& for up to seven days. That means he will still be able to use the service and look up
content via his account, but he&ll be unable to engage with it
That means no tweets, likes, retweets, comments, etc
He also been ordered to delete the offending tweet — more on that below — in order to qualify for a fully functioning account
again. That restoration doesn''t happen immediately, though.Twitter policy states that the read-only sin bin can last for up to seven days
&depending on the nature of the violation.& We&re imagining Jones got the full one-week penalty, but we&re waiting on Twitter to confirm
that. Twitter defends its decision to keep the Alex Jones conspiracy factory around The offending tweet inquestionis a link to a story
claiming President &Trump must take action against web censorship.& It looks like the tweet has already been deleted, but not before Twitter
judged that it violates its policy on abuse: Abuse: You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do
so
We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else voice. When you consider the things Infowars and
Jones have said or written — 9/11 conspiracies, harassment of Sandy Hook victim families and more — the content in question seems fairly
innocuous
Indeed, you could look at President Trump tweets and find seemingly more punishablecontent without much difficulty. But here we are. The
weirdest part of this Twitter caning is one of the reference points that the company gave to media
These days, it is common for the company to point reporters to specific tweets that it believes encapsulate its position on an issue, or
provide additional color in certain situations. In this case, Twitter pointed us — and presumably other reporters — to this tweet from
Infowars& Paul Joseph Watson: Alex Jones has been suspended by Twitter for 7 days for a video talking about social media censorship
Truly, monumentally, beyond stupid
On the same day that the Infowars website was brought down by a cyber attack. Will this madness ever end pic.twitter.com/hXDzH2b7rT mdash;
Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 14, 2018 WTF, Twitter…