Let’s check in on CNN’s Oliver Darcy, shall we? He’s been doing the Lord’s work in trying to get Alex Jones scrubbed from every last corner of the internet, and today, he’s still at it:
—@jack suggests to NBC News that putting Alex Jones in a Twitter “timeout” has the potential to change his behavior and get him to follow the rules. Uhhh pic.twitter.com/qFJlHD927k
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 15, 2018
Uhhh.
I’d argue that this line of thinking from @jack is part of the problem. Jones and others are not normal users. Jones has been doing this for 20+ years (and it’s been very lucrative!). A suspension is not going to make him rethink his behaviors pic.twitter.com/jAaZFItjdt
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) August 15, 2018
To clarify: I was speaking broadly about our range of enforcement actions, when asked why we timeout functionality on Twitter. I don’t assume everyone will change their actions. Enforcement gets tougher with further reported violations. https://t.co/HMHbL1D8hm
— jack (@jack) August 15, 2018
FWIW, you initially said that you were allowing InfoWars/Alex Jones on Twitter because they hadn't violated any rules. That was false. Twitter has since conceded multiple rule violations, one as recently as this week. Now only action Twitter has taken is giving Jones a "timeout." https://t.co/qq08OtNNPd
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 15, 2018
Twitter spox confirms to me that Twitter has suspended most functions on the InfoWars account for 7 days for posting same video they took action against on Alex Jones.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 15, 2018
Alex Jones honestly has nothing to worry about. Even if he gets suspended from every social media outlet, Oliver Darcy will make sure nobody forgets about him.
No one would ever know what Alex jones is screaming inside his padded room except you’re determined to tell us pic.twitter.com/WgKEbCvP3l
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) August 15, 2018
CNN's hall monitor hard at work trying get CNN's ratings above re-runs on the Home/Garden Network
— Activated Dave McNabb ?? (@mcnabb_dave) August 15, 2018
Is this your sole mission in life bro? Getting Alex Jones off Twitter? Past two weeks look at how many times you’ve tweeted about this. Move on.
— #ThunderUp (@TheKurdishMamba) August 15, 2018
Seriously. It’s just getting sad now.
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/1029799507494547456
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