Late Friday, Apple removed his Infowars app from its App Store, eliminating one of the final avenues for Mr. Jones to reach a mainstream audience. [Read more about the reckoning, in court and public opinion, that threatens Mr. Jones’s lucrative business.] Apple had removed Mr. Jones’s show from its podcast service on Aug. 5, leading Facebook, YouTube and other tech companies to also eliminate Mr. Jones and his Infowars site from their services. After those removals, downloads of the Infowars mobile app spiked, and Mr. Jones has recently been directing his followers to find his show through Infowars’ website and app. Apple’s move does not affect iPhone users who had already downloaded the Infowars app, but it limits any more users from downloading it.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2018 02:37 UTC