Os últimos dias têm sido marcados pela remoção de vídeos do programa Infowars de Alex Jones e posteriormente pelo bloqueio e expulsão das respetivas contas. O iTunes da Apple, o Facebook, o YouTube e o Spotify estiveram entre as plataformas que baniram o Infowars mas isso não significa que outras tenham tomado a mesma atitude.

Para incompreensão de muitos, o Twitter continua a permitir a presença do Infowars de Alex Jones e, para acabar com as críticas que lhe têm sido dirigidas, o CEO Jack Dorsey manifestou-se com duas publicações na rede social que pode ler abaixo.

“Não suspendemos o Alex Jones e o Infowars ontem. Sabemos que é difícil para muitos mas a razão é simples: ele não violou as nossas regras”, pode ler-se na publicação de Dorsey, que assegura que Jones está ao abrigo das mesmas regras de todas as outras contas.

We didn’t suspend Alex Jones or Infowars yesterday. We know that’s hard for many but the reason is simple: he hasn’t violated our rules. We’ll enforce if he does. And we’ll continue to promote a healthy conversational environment by ensuring tweets aren’t artificially amplified.

— jack (@jack) 8 de agosto de 2018

Truth is we’ve been terrible at explaining our decisions in the past. We’re fixing that. We’re going to hold Jones to the same standard we hold to every account, not taking one-off actions to make us feel good in the short term, and adding fuel to new conspiracy theories.

— jack (@jack) 8 de agosto de 2018

If we succumb and simply react to outside pressure, rather than straightforward principles we enforce (and evolve) impartially regardless of political viewpoints, we become a service that’s constructed by our personal views that can swing in any direction. That’s not us.

— jack (@jack) 8 de agosto de 2018

Accounts like Jones' can often sensationalize issues and spread unsubstantiated rumors, so it’s critical journalists document, validate, and refute such information directly so people can form their own opinions. This is what serves the public conversation best.

— jack (@jack) 8 de agosto de 2018