Twitter CEO defends determination to not ban Alex Jones, Infowars

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is defending his firm's determination to not ban right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his "Infowars" present.

Dorsey's remarks, in a sequence of tweets late Tuesday, got here after different tech corporations eliminated Jones' content material for violating hate speech insurance policies.

Dorsey stated Twitter did not droop Jones or "Infowars" as a result of "he hasn't violated our guidelines. We'll implement if he does."

He added that the corporate would "maintain Jones to the identical commonplace we maintain to each account." He stated he wished Twitter to keep away from taking "one-off actions to make us really feel good within the quick time period."

Dorsey was responding after Fb, Apple, YouTube and Spotify took down materials over the previous week printed by Jones, elevating strain on Twitter to do the identical.