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"YouTube has removed four Infowars videos that were critical of
liberalism," Jones said in a statement on social media, in which
he also urged people to look at the videos on his website and
decide for themselves.
A spokesperson for Google's YouTube, who asked not to be named
citing security concerns, declined to comment directly about the
Jones videos, but said in a statement, "We have longstanding
policies against child endangerment and hate speech."
"We apply our policies consistently according to the content in
the videos, regardless of the speaker or the channel."
The videos, which included a clip of a man pushing a child to
the ground, were posted on Jones' Infowars website.
Infowars posted a statement on its website in which it said
YouTube had slapped the Jones channel with a "community strike,"
meaning he cannot broadcast live on YouTube for 90 days.
Under YouTube policy, the Alex Jones Channel, which has more
than 2.4 million subscribers, could be permanently terminated if
he received another two community strikes within three months.
In one of the videos that Jones said had been removed from
YouTube, he spoke against an online series called "Drag Tots"
with animated drag queen characters. Jones compared the creators
of the series to Satanists, criticized them for appealing to
children, and warned of divine judgment.
In two other videos he said were removed by YouTube, Jones
suggested Muslims who immigrated to Europe were gaining control
of countries on that continent.
Since founding Infowars in 1999, Jones has built a vast
audience. In extreme theories, he has suggested that the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington were staged by the
government.
The parents of two children who died in the 2012 Sandy Hook
school massacre in Connecticut sued Jones for defamation in
April, accusing him and Infowars of engaging in a campaign of
"false, cruel, and dangerous assertions." [nL1N1RU12E]
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)
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