Posted on 08/12/2018 8:10:23 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Vimeo has pulled Infowars content from its site for violating the platform’s standards.
A spokesperson for the video hosting service told Business Insider on Sunday that the Infowars videos "violated our Terms of Service prohibitions on discriminatory and hateful content.”
The videos had been uploaded to the site on Thursday and Friday. The Vimeo spokesperson also told Business Insider that the company had told the account owner of the videos’ removal, and also issued a refund because "we do not want to profit from content of this nature in any way."
The site reported that Infowars had less than a dozen videos on the platform as of Wednesday, but that more than 50 videos were posted to the site on the following days.
Vimeo reportedly determined that the content violated the company’s trust and safety standards within 48 hours of the videos being posted.
Business Insider reported that Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud will announce the removal of the Infowars content during a town hall meeting on Monday.
Vimeo is the latest platform to pull content posted by Infowars or its founder Alex Jones. Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts have all recently banned or removed content from the site or its controversial conspiracy theorist founder.
Twitter has said that Infowars and Jones will be permitted to stay on the site because they haven’t violated its policies.
A Twitter spokesperson said Friday the decision to allow them to remain on the site will stay in place, despite a CNN report revealing that Jones had repeatedly violated its policies.
Jones has faced criticism for spreading conspiracy theories, and was sued by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting for allegedly claiming the shooting was a hoax. Jones has denied making the statements.
What about BLM, Antifa, and moslem brotherhood? They still on there?
So your position is if they make money hosting the site they give up all their other rights as to what they host? Even though they paid for and maintain the platform?
Recall the State Department and White House pressuring youtube to remove a movie about Mohammed that was erroneously blamed for triggering an Islamist attack on our Libyan embassy on the anniversary of 9-11.
For all the “Its their business” Jackasses. If this Fascism, and that’s what it is, is allowed to continue, Conservatives will in short time be disappeared from the Internet entirely, and possible other “Business”. Where do we stop, at Grocery Stores?
Much is federally regulated which gives the impression of property, but it’s owned by telecoms.
The amount of the network that is actually US federal property is probably ~0.0001% give or take a fraction of that.
Is there a Christian Worldview-type Social Media outlet ?would they be allowed to be selective about things discussed ?
Cake makers is a cold stop. Nah.
Too bad Vimeo didn’t see the opportunity to gain free speech market share vs youtube.
“The amount of the network that is actually US federal property is probably ~0.0001% give or take a fraction of that.”
The “Airwaves” are 0% US Federal Property, yet, the Airwaves have been determined to belong to ‘The People’.
What’s to stop the app sites from blocking Jones’ app?
Leave these Fascist Social Sites. Starve the Beast...
That isn't the issue here. The issue here is censorship of the public commons. The man is being relegated to "untouchable" status (as in the Indian Caste system) by a coordinated attack from people owning communications platforms, and using a power we should never allow them to have.
“Too bad Vimeo didn’t see the opportunity to gain free speech market share vs youtube.”
If they get away with it, what stops a store such a “Target’ to cater only to Democrats?
So, when the tech companies are able to remove a person’s ability to function in society, such as closing off access to their bank accounts and everything,.., not a thing should be done about it?
This is a form of totalitarianism and the Constitution was always against all forms of totalitarianism, including an individuals. That’s why the Second amendment wasn’t specific about whom might form that dictatorship.
Yep. That is likely coming next :(
“Leave these Fascist Social Sites. Starve the Beast...”
Yeah, just Surrender, and scurry away to small sites, that if the Tech Giants decide to crush, the can on a whim.
laura-loomer-confronts-democrat-muslim-candidate-on-why-she-married-her-brother-is-kicked-off-facebook-after-posting-the-video/
Just today.......
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