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

Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by gamblor956 on Monday August 06, 2018 @06:31PM (#17702357)

For PizzaGate, Sandy Hook, and his many numerous other acts of slander and incitement against private individuals, he's being sued up the wazoo. (These acts are torts, not crimes.)

For calling for Hillary's and Obama's assassination? The Secret Service investigated and determined that it would be too difficult to prosecute in the absence of someone actually taking Jones up on the offer. (If someone had, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now--he'd be serving life in a SuperMax for conspiracy.)

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by dunpeal on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:27AM (#17703863)

> (If someone had, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now--he'd be serving life in a SuperMax for conspiracy.)

Pure speculation, and unlikely at that. There were dozens of assassination attempts against past presidents, not once has anyone been imprisoned for allegedly inciting the attempt.

This comment, and your previous one as well, are trying to criminalize acts of speech that are protected by the First Amendment.

Which is why there are no current criminal proceedings against Jones.

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by whatyoucantsay on Monday August 06, 2018 @06:39PM (#17702406)

That's surprising that publicly broadcasted calls to assassinate the president didn't result in arrest.

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