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UpInArms

(51,253 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:08 AM Mar 2020

Google pulls Infowars from the Play Store over coronavirus misinformation

Source: Engadget

In 2018, several internet services decided to pull channels from Alex Jones and his Infowars setup, including YouTube and Apple's App Store, but until now the company's app remained available via the Google Play Store. While conspiracy theories and lawsuits from parents who said he'd lied about them and their children weren't enough to earn Jones the boot, Wired reports that the final straw came after Jones published a video disputing quarantine and social distancing efforts meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Google and other companies have banded together to combat misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, and in a statement a spokesperson said "Now more than ever, combating misinformation on the Play Store is a top priority for the team." The only question left is why they waited so long to do something that seemed inevitable from the start.

Read more: https://www.engadget.com/amp/2020-03-28-infowars-google-play.html



Disinformation should have no platform ... I wish the daily rallies with tRump would stop
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hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
2. Finally. But the thought I should not admit to was initially...
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:20 AM
Mar 2020

that its continuation would be Darwinism in public view.

But, yes, it is way past time to get that crap gone. Ignorance should not be a reason to allow people to suffer.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
4. Yeah sometimes I have that thought too that hey you listened to him
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:37 AM
Mar 2020

After multiple instances of him showing why he should not be taken seriously.

In a lot of cases I figure people that listen to Alex or Donald Dumbfuck like they're the second fucking coming deserve what they get.

But this is different. Not only could the people listening to Alex's and aforementioned Dumbfuck's deep fried horseshit be hurt, but so could innocent people.

So while Google is shutting the barn doors after the horses all went out and then came back after a wild night of partying, it's still good that they closed off this avenue to that fucking idiot.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
3. Information during a pandemic should not have to be "caveat emptor"...
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:27 AM
Mar 2020

What BS was he shoveling this time?

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
6. They should have done this when he was f**king with those grieving parents.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:49 AM
Mar 2020

There's no shortage of tar and feathers yet. We still have a chance.

I live in farm country. There's always a tar substitute. Open wide, you prick.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
11. Yeah so I don't see Google as a precious flower in need of protection
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:27 PM
Mar 2020

They deserve every fucking bit of criticism they get and then some for providing that fuck stick access as long as they did.

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
12. They should cut off all utilities to anywhere....
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:45 PM
Mar 2020

he plops his fat, stinking ass. Anyone that allows him to turn on a microphone should have to donate their face as a seat cushion for Jones.

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