Vimeo is the latest social media or online streaming service to remove the content of far-right conspiracist Alex Jones from its platform, Business Insider reported Monday.
A company spokesperson told BI Sunday that some of Jones’ recent content violated Vimeo’s ban on discrimination and hateful speech. The company issued Jones a refund after the boot, claiming it didn’t want to “profit from content of this nature in any way,” the spokesperson said.
Allowing Jones’ “Inforwars” content to remain on the platform caused a rift in the company last week, according to BI.
In recent days, Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, LinkedIn and Pinterest have blocked or removed most of Jones’ programming, citing policies against the spread of misinformation and the encouragement of harassment. Jones has been trying to recoup some of his losses by spreading unhinged theories, promoting his website, mobile app and encouraging listeners to purchase the diet supplements and survivalist gear.
Sometimes shunning is the best way to deal with a malign influence.
Nice move by Vimeo.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled Omarosa programming, already and perpetually in progress.
It must have been a wrench for them to give up that refund. Vimeo is the Betamax of the video hosting world, the idea having been to be a slightly more spiffy version of YouTube for people who wanted that, but they’ve been falling behind for a while now. You can get a free account but they really push the paid services, that being their business model, and it’s just not working so well as far as I can tell. So if even Vimeo’s giving him the boot, well there you are.
Alex Jones is slowly being starved of the oxygen that feeds his bloated hatred. So be it.
In recent days, Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, LinkedIn and Pinterest have blocked or removed most of Jones’ programming, citing policies against the spread of misinformation and the encouragement of harassment.