YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's Lead

Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by hsnewman on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:20PM (#17701874)

So your saying you would want Jones' demagoguery to be mainstream?

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by api on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:26PM (#17701917)

I think the best scenario would be for people to see en masse that his predictions amount to nothing. Some people will never catch on but many will. Over time this will discredit his movement.

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by NegativeK on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:30PM (#17701946)

Alex Jones has been around for a long, long time.

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by waterphone on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:55PM (#17702107)

Unfortunately, he's been pretty well known for well over a decade, and he's just grown significantly in popularity in that time.

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