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Twitter bans Alex Jones, Infowars

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Twitter banned Alex Jones and his conspiracy website Infowars from the platform.

"Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope," Twitter's official safety account tweeted. "We took this action based on new reports of tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts’ past violations."

Jones recently attended a Capitol Hill hearing featuring Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. He had a confrontation with Sen. Marco Rubio.

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