BBC; Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
"In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey
explained the platform's decision, confirming it would not be following
in the footsteps of others like Apple and Spotify and removing Mr
Jones' and InfoWars' content...
Mr Dorsey said the accounts had not violated the platform's rules, but vowed to suspend them if they ever did so.
In
his explanation, Mr Dorsey said it would be wrong to "succumb and
simply react to outside pressure" instead of sticking to the company's
codified principles.
He also implied one-off actions risked
fuelling new conspiracy theories in the long-run, and said it was
critical for journalists to "document, validate and refute"
unsubstantiated rumours like the ones spread by Mr Jones "so people can
form their own opinions"."
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