Twitter’s founder explained why they haven’t removed Alex Jones – the 23 most scathing responses

A lot of people shared reasons Twitter had used for suspending people, which are arguably minor, compared to the behaviour of Alex Jones and InfoWars.

13.

You guys were suspending people for changing their screen name to "Elon Musk" https://t.co/IRzZ9YqZot

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 8, 2018

14.

https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1027038415961903106

15.

I got banned for a full week for pointing out the Duke of Edinburgh is very old, and for 48 hours for insulting Jamie Oliver https://t.co/evAO5ybwKr

— bog witch (@isawfireworks) August 8, 2018

16.

“Yeah, telling parents their murdered kids never existed doesn’t violate our rules. Okay, Trump broke our rules but, uh, he’s newsworthy. But if you swear at people sending you death threats, we WILL kick you off. But not the people sending you threats. Hope that’s clear.” https://t.co/ND326sVz1s

— James Moran (@jamesmoran) August 8, 2018

17.

https://twitter.com/sarahgailbrand/status/1027115426482933761

18.

https://twitter.com/AmeliaMangan/status/1027085489004666880

19.

https://twitter.com/Home_Halfway/status/1027226099967844352

20.

I got @CasparSalmon suspended from Twitter last year for tweeting that he didn't like roast potatoes. https://t.co/PG1FkznqlH

— Charlie Shackleton, if that makes sense (@charlieshack) August 8, 2018

21.

https://twitter.com/hrtbps/status/1027160204071366656

22.

https://twitter.com/christianmccrea/status/1027385497977413632

23.

I got suspended for using queėr as a self-descriptor https://t.co/L77aewzR1k

— shauna morgan (hiatus) (@shavnamorgan) August 8, 2018

B3ta creator, Rob Manuel had a suggestion.

A journalist should go through Alex's tweets one by one and see how this stacks up.https://t.co/tfUWva5zCt

— robmanuel (@robmanuel) August 8, 2018

Let’s see if anyone takes up the challenge.