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YouTube Backs Down After Putting InfoWars On Verge Of Deactivation
27 February, 2018
YouTube
issued a second strike to Alex Jones's main channel early
Tuesday over a pair of videos related to the Florida school
shooting - bringing it perilously close to termination, and
loss of one of its main revenue streams, however the second
strike was removed hours later for unknown reasons.
The
offending videos, "The Truth About Crisis Actors In The Florida
Shooting," and "What Is To Blame For The Florida High
School Shooting" have been removed from YouTube, but can be
seen here on
the Infowars website.
While
a second strike restricts a channel from posting new content for two
weeks, a third strike
can result in a ban from the platform.
"This is the second strike applied to your account within three months," the notice reads. "As a result, you're unable to post new content to YouTube for two weeks. If there are no further issues, the ability to upload will be automatically restored after this two week period."
Infowars
has referred to the YouTube strikes as a "CNN lobbying
campaign," after CNN reported that they had “identified
three similar YouTube videos from InfoWars” which they flagged to
YouTube. A YouTube spokesperson responded at the time that those
videos were under review.
The
Alex Jones Channel, which has over 2.2 million subscribers, first
came under fire over
a video suggesting that a survivor of the Parkland school
shooting, David Hogg, was coached and given lines for interviews
with various media outlets following the Valentines Day massacre
which left 17 dead.
The
video was removed for a violation of YouTube's "harassment
and bullying" policy and the channel was issued a strike.
The
video featured a clip of Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg
appearing to flub scripted lines - leading many to believe he has
been coached on what to say as he tours around the country to promote
an aggressive gun control agenda:
David Hogg can't remember his lines here.
This needs to be investigated
His dad worked for the FBI
pic.twitter.com/JEhDc2puoQ
YouTube
has all but scrubbed this clip of Hogg from its platform.
Earlier
in the day, David Hogg shot off a barrage of tweets making fun of
Alex Jones - which started off with Hogg telling Jones he wanted to
[sic] "come on and clear some of this up because clearly as a
shit journalist you can't clearly"
The fact that the witnesses and victims of this have been called actors is a perfect example of the lack of maturity and basic human empathy in this country and in many adults like @DonaldJTrumpJr
Waitdidn't you get sued for pedaling lies about the survivors and victims of another school shooting? Clearly someone didn't learn from their mistakes
I might not be great with spelling or punctuation but unlike Jones do my research and don't sell snake oil to the masses. #Jonesbrandsnakeoil
When your snake oil only makes you THICC 45 days later #jonesbrandsnakeoil
Jones
accepted Hogg's offer to have him on the show
David, you are welcome to come on the show.
Are you aware that CNN is using you as part of a lobbying campaign to shut down Infowars?
You are now a public figure & activist. You are not immune to criticism.
We know your views on the 2nd amendment. Do you support the 1st? twitter.com/davidhogg111/s…
Are you aware that CNN is using you as part of a lobbying campaign to shut down Infowars?
You are now a public figure & activist. You are not immune to criticism.
We know your views on the 2nd amendment. Do you support the 1st? twitter.com/davidhogg111/s…
Three hours later, Hogg backpedaled, tweeting "I will not speak to anyone that has had disgusting remarks to victims of mass shootings in the past."
I will not speak to anyone that has had disgusting remarks to victims of mass shootings in the past. I sent that tweet without realizing just how awful so many people have been to victims and witnesses of these events in the past.
Jones replied:
David Hogg challenged me to a debate by bullying and viciously attacking me. After I politely accepted, he backed out when his real goal of baiting me failed. Only #HoggWash fears investigation twitter.com/davidhogg111/s…
