Update: As of 8 PM EST The Hill reports that the FCC has temporarily pulled Alex Jones’ flagship radio station from the airwaves and hit him with a $15,000 fine for functioning without a license since at least 2013.
Alex Jones and his media company InfoWars have been having a rough month. In recent weeks Alex Jones, as well as his overall media group InfoWars, has been effectively scrubbed off of all major social media platforms from Facebook to Apple. Most of these social sites have completely banned Jones and InfoWars from posting on their platform due to consistent violations to the terms of service for each site. This has greatly reduced their circulation of videos and, as a result, will ultimately impact their overall ad revenue. However until recently, Twitter had been the last remaining major social site of which InfoWars could spread their conspiracy theories. It seems Twitter has now suspended Jones and InfoWars for seven days for violating the terms of service regarding abusive behavior. With so many major Alt-right figures being pushed off of major social media platforms it has forced many of them into tough times financially. This years Unite the Right 2 rally organizer, Jordan Kessler, was recently heckled by his own father while live streaming. Many other supporters have lost their jobs after attending rallies. Chris Cantwell was also a major Alt-right leader last year, following the Charlottesville riot. Since then he’s been banned from Virginia for five years as well as lifetime bans from all the major social sites, even the major crowdfunding sites like PayPal and Stripe. While some Alt-right members claim this is a violation of free speech, others, including the companies involved, say they have a right as a private company to dictate who uses their site and services. For now only one thing is clear, this will make it very hard for the Alt-right to grow in the future.
