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senior media reporter, . writing at the intersection of media & politics. inbox: oliver.darcy@turner.com

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Aug 10

    New: After our review of the Alex Jones and InfoWars accounts, Twitter now concedes rules were violated multiple times. But it says InfoWars and Jones will remain on the platform for now.

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Joined to talk about Twitter & InfoWars. Twitter now admits InfoWars violated its rules, but it's still allowing InfoWars & Alex Jones to remain on its platform -- a move that is leaving some wondering why no meaningful action has been taken

    Twitter: Yes, Alex Jones Broke Our Rules; Still Not Banning Him
    See more at cnn.com
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  3. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    shot, shot, shot, chaser

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  4. 13 hours ago

    —: “Why Facebook banned Alex Jones — and Twitter didn’t: Facebook knows the end of this story, and Twitter is still catching up”

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  5. 15 hours ago

    The New York Times reports Twitter employees have “heaped ire” on for failing to take action against Alex Jones and InfoWars

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    16 hours ago

    The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!

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  7. 16 hours ago

    ICYMI, Twitter conceded on Friday night that InfoWars has, in fact, broken its rules (contrary to what declared earlier in the week). But Twitter says, despite the violations, Alex Jones & InfoWars will be permitted to stay on the platform.

    Twitter admits InfoWars violated its rules, but says it will remain on the platform
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  8. Aug 10

    Alex Jones said on his InfoWars program today that he was responsible for deleting the tweets included in our story. He said "just to take the super high road" he told his staff to "delete it."

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  9. Retweeted
    Aug 10

    What is known: Omarosa turned down a $15,000 monthly contract from the campaign that included a non-disclosure agreement and she extensively taped conversations (as first reported by the Daily Beast.)

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  10. Retweeted
    Aug 10

    Per sources at CBS, "60 Minutes" boss Jeff Fager is back in the office today. CBS News previously said that he was choosing to remain on vacation while the investigations into alleged misconduct continue.

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  11. Aug 10

    Also , maybe you could explain why said in her note that the content that led YouTube/FB to taking action against InfoWars was not on Twitter, when in fact all the videos that led those companies to initially taking action were in fact also on Twitter.

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  12. Aug 10

    Hey , since you’re responding to stories in the press, maybe you can offer your thoughts on our story that shows Alex Jones / InfoWars appear to have repeatedly violated Twitter’s rules, despite statements from you otherwise.

    Agree w all of this. Our early values informed our rules. We likely over-rotated on one value, & then let the rules react to rapidly changing circumstances (some we helped create). We need to root these values in human rights law. A starting consideration:
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  13. Aug 10

    per , Zuckerberg discussed InfoWars "at length with other executives" and "mused privately" about whether Alex Jones was intentionally trying to get kicked off Facebook as a ploy for attention

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  14. Aug 10

    — nails it. This seems to be one of main reasons why social media companies have been reluctant to enforce their standards when it comes to Jones/InfoWars

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  15. Aug 10

    Trump’s legal team will be guest hosting Hannity’s radio show today...

    . and Rudy Giuliani will be guest hosting for me today on radio... “The depth of corruption that led to this investigation and that frankly continues to permeate this investigation is unprecedented..."
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  16. Aug 9

    The kicker in this story...

    . and I examine the strain of white nationalism that is animating Trump’s base — and Fox News programming
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  17. Aug 9

    Other than a Twitter spox telling me Twitter was not responsible for deleting all the tweets referenced in our story, haven’t heard a word from them. Total silence.

    Um. Keep us updated ⁦⁩
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  18. Retweeted
    Aug 9

    Content that appears to violate Twitter's rules appears over and over again in the hundreds of hours of video available on the accounts that Alex Jones and InfoWars maintain on Twitter and Periscope.

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  19. Retweeted
    Aug 9

    Yesterday said Twitter would have acted on Alex Jones if material violated its standards. That memo went out after CNN asked about multiple glaring examples of such violations.

    Update: All 20 of the tweets/videos in our story about how InfoWars / Alex Jones have violated Twitter standards have been deleted
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  20. Aug 9

    Update: Twitter spox tells me that Twitter has not deleted these tweets/content. Someone with access to the accounts has deleted them. Twitter is still reviewing the content.

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