Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends failure to ban Alex Jones
by Eleanor Ainge Roy from on (#3WCTH)
Jack Dorsey refuses to follow Apple, Facebook and YouTube in banning Jones, saying he will be guided by principles rather than pressure
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has defended his company's decision to continue publishing the controversial tweets of the American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying Jones's content "hasn't violated our rules".
Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify have all banned Jones' from their platforms, saying he promoted hate speech and violence, but Twitter had allowed Jones to continue posting on the platform. Dorsey said the company was committed to promoting "a healthy conversational environment" - which included Jones.