Alex Jones, who was kicked off multiple online platforms in August, shows up in Washington.
As congressional hearings featuring Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg kicked off Wednesday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones held what appeared to be a press conference outside the hearing.
Jones, the man behind InfoWars, spoke to a crowd of reporters and about 1,000 viewers via livestreaming platform Periscope. He said he was there to « face [his] accusers. »
In August, companies like Apple, YouTube, and Spotify booted Jones off their platforms .
Among other things, Jones said companies such as these couldn’t pick and chose when they act as publishers policing content.
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