{"id":372725,"date":"2018-08-09T16:19:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-apple-says-it-is-monitoring-the-infowars-app-threatens-to-censor-if-it-becomes-harmful\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:19:12","slug":"prison-planet-com-apple-says-it-is-monitoring-the-infowars-app-threatens-to-censor-if-it-becomes-harmful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-apple-says-it-is-monitoring-the-infowars-app-threatens-to-censor-if-it-becomes-harmful\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Apple Says It Is \u2018Monitoring\u2019 The Infowars App; Threatens To Censor If It Becomes \u2018Harmful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>App has shot to number one on the charts after big tech censorship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Watson<\/strong><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>August 9, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple, which removed all Alex Jones material from it\u2019s iTunes and Podcasts platforms earlier this week as part of a coordinated big tech purge, has addressed the fact that the Infowars app is still available in the App store.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company has been under intense lobbying, spearheaded by CNN, to remove the Infowars app in addition to the banning of all other content.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apple and Google are still selling the InfoWars app, which contains some of the same type of content that both tech giants have pulled from elsewhere on their platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zvtAEXEub6\">https:\/\/t.co\/zvtAEXEub6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObHWDzok8l\">pic.twitter.com\/ObHWDzok8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN International (@cnni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnni\/status\/1026663286476087296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The app has shot to number one in the news charts, above the likes of CNN and BBC, in the wake of the digital shutdown of free speech by Apple, as well as Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and a host of other companies.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.real.video\/embed\/5819647644001\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apple admitted that it has not killed the Infowars app, despite intense pressure to do so, because it has not violated any terms of agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly support all points of view being represented on the App Store, as long as the apps are respectful to users with differing opinions, and follow our clear guidelines, ensuring the App Store is a safe marketplace for all,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>However, Apple did note that it is monitoring the Infowars app, and issued a subtle threat that it could kill it any time it please.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to monitor apps for violations of our guidelines and if we find content that violates our guidelines and is harmful to users we will remove those apps from the store as we have done previously.\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>It is not difficult to imagine Apple removing the app, given that it claimed the Infowars podcast material violated the company\u2019s \u2018hate speech&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/apple-says-it-is-monitoring-the-infowars-app-threatens-to-censor-if-it-becomes-harmful.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>App has shot to number one on the charts after big tech censorship Steve WatsonPrison Planet.comAugust 9, 2018 Apple, which removed all Alex Jones material from it\u2019s iTunes and Podcasts platforms earlier this week as part of a coordinated big tech purge, has addressed the fact that the Infowars app is still available in the 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