Twitter Permanently Blacklists Alex Jones, Infowars

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Posted on AllSides September 6, 2018

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Twitter on Thursday permanently banned accounts belonging to Alex Jones and Infowars over a video of the radio host confronting a CNN reporter for lobbying to blacklist him from the social media platform, which CEO Jack Dorsey described as a “digital town hall” before Congress the day before.

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