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 The move by Apple is the most sweeping of a recent crackdown on
Jones's programs by Facebook and other online sites that have
suspended or removed some of his conspiracy-driven content.
Apple told Buzzfeed that it had removed the entire library for
five of Jones's six Infowars podcasts including the shows "War
Room" and the daily "The Alex Jones Show".
Only one program provided by Infowars, "RealNews with David
Knight" remained on Apple's platforms on Sunday, according to
media accounts.
An Apple spokesperson was not available for comment early on
Monday.
In other recent actions against Jones, Facebook suspended the
radio and Internet host's personal profile for 30 days in late
July from Facebook's site for what the company said was bullying
and hate speech.
Facebook also announced early Monday that it had removed four
pages belonging to Alex Jones for "repeatedly posting content
over the past several days" that breaks its community standards.
The company said it removed the pages "for glorifying violence,
which violates our graphic violence policy, and using
dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender,
Muslims and immigrants, which violates our hate speech
policies."
Also, Spotify, a music and podcast streaming company, removed
some specific episodes of Jones's programs last week.
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"We take reports of hate content seriously and review any podcast
episode or song that is flagged by our community," a spokesperson
said late on Sunday.
"Spotify can confirm it has removed specific episodes of ‘The Alex
Jones Show’ podcast for violating our hate content policy," the
spokesperson said.
Since founding Infowars in 1999, Jones has built a vast audience.
Among the theories he has promoted is that the Sept. 11, 2001
attacks on New York and Washington were staged by the government.
He has also promoted a theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook school
massacre was faked by left-wing forces to promote gun control. The
shooting left 26 children and adults dead at a Connecticut
elementary school.
Jones is currently being sued in Texas by two Sandy Hook parents,
seeking at least $1 million, claiming that they have been the
subject of harassment driven by his programs.
Neither Jones nor a representative for Infowars were available early
on Monday for comment.
(Reporting by Rich McKay; Additional reporting by Ishita Chigilli
Palli; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Mark Potter)
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