Twitter Users Criticize Jack Dorsey for Statement About Not Suspending Alex Jones
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey put out a statement tonight defending the social media platform’s decision not to ban Alex Jones, and a lot of users weren’t happy.
Jones, the notorious conspiracy theorist currently facing lawsuits from a number of Sandy Hook families, was kicked off multiple other platforms and has subsequently decried being “censored,” but Twitter has not yet followed suit.
Dorsey said that Jones hasn’t violated the rules and argued, “Accounts like Jones’ can often sensationalize issues and spread unsubstantiated rumors, so it’s critical journalists document, validate, and refute such information directly so people can form their own opinions. This is what serves the public conversation best.”
A lot of Twitter users criticized his statement for not sufficiently addressing concerns surrounding Jones:
Jones' show accused families of dead children of being part of a government conspiracy, he threatened Mueller while mimicking a gun with his hand, and other similar gross examples of spreading hoaxes and violent rhetoric. Your rules SUCK if they don't prohibit that.
— Mark Hughes (@markhughesfilms) August 8, 2018
The conspiracy theories of Alex Jones about the Sandy Hook mass shooting of children have led to harassment of grieving parents by his lunatic acolytes.
If Alex Jones doesn't violate your rules, your rules aren't worth shit. https://t.co/7QeqRLu4N6
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) August 8, 2018
Translation: “I am totally abdicating all responsibility here and relying on journalists to police my website because I am gutless.” –@jack https://t.co/Qb881sl32Y
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) August 8, 2018
*sigh* what are the “rules” Jack? https://t.co/gxhZR3chQQ
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) August 8, 2018
Seems like a problem with the rules https://t.co/9Yse4kTLqB
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 8, 2018
Have you considered adding a new rule against users who harass the parents of dead kindergartners so much that they have to go into hiding? https://t.co/IoYRLZZKqG
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 8, 2018
important for people to form their own opinions about whether the sandy hook parents are lying about their murdered children https://t.co/zZLFsrJVw3
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) August 8, 2018
don't put this on us https://t.co/gwdQHJYAYA
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) August 8, 2018
OK, I'll start.
Despite the raving claims of Alex Jones, Sandy Hook parents did not fake the murders of their babies.
There.
We good? https://t.co/jCfc7LGt9N— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) August 8, 2018
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