Alex Jones learned that PayPal had joined the growing list of tech giants to strip him of the ability to utilize their platforms when he received an email informing him that a review of his content led them to determine that he was in violation of the company's "core values" on Thursday, September 20.
Confirmation of the ruling was shared on Jones' InfoWars website by Friday morning. The article that the site published to cover the news would concede that PayPal noted the reason for his permanent suspension being that he was found to have “promoted hate and discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions.” InfoWars wrote that PayPal went off of the record to cite Islamophobia and transphobia as two specific cases that were weighed against him, although PayPal has not confirmed the claim.
PayPal refrained from issuing an open announcement on the ruling, but The Wrap did manage to get a memo detailing the decision. “Our values are the foundation for the decision. We undertook an extensive review of the Infowars sites, and found instances that promoted hate or discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions, which run counter to our core value of inclusion,” a spokesperson for the company reportedly told the publication.
PayPal joins Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Twitter as one of the more notable platforms to have thus far banned Jones. The decision is being celebrated by such online activist groups as Sleeping Giants and Right Wing Watch - both of which have been pushing for the ban.
