A day after Elon Musk restored the X accounts of notorious right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his website, Infowars, the platform is actively promoting Jones’ account to other users, giving the fringe figure a major platform to air his deceptive and dangerous views. Conspiratorial posts from Jones’ account appeared Monday in the “For You” feed of some users who do not follow him on X; his account was promoted in some users’ “Who to Follow” recommendations; and his name was promoted in X’s top trending topics section. Musk on...

Tucker Carlson’s TikTok account is platforming far-right conspiracy theorist and Infowars network head Alex Jones, even though TikTok has banned both Jones and his network. Carlson’s account is verified by TikTok and has amassed nearly half a million followers since he began posting in August. The account’s bio also includes a link to the former Fox News host’s new streaming service, the Tucker Carlson Network. On December 10, Carlson uploaded a clip of a recent interview he did with Jones to TikTok. The video is a classic gravelly Jones monologue,...

Elon Musk may have unbanned Infowars host Alex Jones on X, the social media platform previously called Twitter, but there are several alt-right or other controversial profiles that remain banned. Musk posted a poll over the weekend asking if he should unban Jones. More than 70% of respondents said he should, leading to the Tesla CEO reinstating the conspiracy theorist back to the platform. He later said in a Twitter Spaces with Jones, Jack Posobiec, and several others that the company would ideally never ban anyone unless the person was...

Alex Jones was reinstated to X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, yesterday following a user poll that favored reinstatement by a wide margin. The creator of the Info Wars blog was permanently banned from the platform in 2018 for his inflammatory comments, including calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax. Jones is appealing a $1 billion civil court judgment in a defamation lawsuit brought by the families of the victims of the school shooting which took 28 lives. Jones also has a history of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, once saying...

Elon Musk has allowed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back on the social network formerly named Twitter, despite saying that he "vehemently" disagrees with Jones' claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Musk restored the @RealAlexJones account after polling X users. With almost 2 million votes, about 70 percent of users supported reinstating Jones, who was banned by Twitter in 2018. "I vehemently disagree with what he said about Sandy Hook, but are we a platform that believes in freedom of speech or are we not? That...

As Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones stood in front of an outhouse in the woods, the former Fox News host joked that the far-right conspiracy theorist described by critics as “the world’s most dangerous man” didn’t seem so dangerous to him. Tech is not your friend. We are. Sign up for The Tech Friend newsletter. The unusual location — which Jones jokingly defended as being a fancy outhouse — was the opening scene of a 90-minute interview posted last week to X, the social media platform (formerly known as Twitter)...

The hidden meaning behind Alex Jones’s return to X Elon Musk has reinstated the InfoWars host on the platform Elon Musk has reinstated the X account of notorious InfoWars host Alex Jones. Banned in 2018 for claiming that the Sandy Hook school shooting was faked, Jones was subsequently ordered to pay $1.5 billion in damages to victims’ family members. On Saturday, Musk allowed him to return to the platform following a user poll. This isn’t the first Musk-era unbanning: he has also brought back Donald Trump, and manosphere influencer Andrew...

If you have been on Twitter recently, you know it has become some kind of Libertarian fanboy’s playground. Chock full of sexism, fights, gory anecdotes, and exploitation, it has been allowed to turn into a human reflective cesspool. Often, Elon Musk likes to opine on “free speech” as if that is an excuse for the site degenerating into something that needs an age verification. Yesterday, he had something to say about an American detained in Ukraine. He may have more money than most countries, but one thing in my favor...

Infowars founder Alex Jones applauded billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday for reinstating him to X (formerly Twitter), but gave a sharp warning that “big establishment sponsors” will “come after him.” Jones was reinstated on the social media platform Saturday night following a Twitter poll asking users if they would want the Infowars founder back on the site. After almost 2 million votes, results showed that 70.1% of responders wanted Jones back on. (RELATED: ‘They’re Going To Kill Biden, Too’: Alex Jones And Tucker Carlson Discuss The ‘Deep State’) The Infowars...