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Line 9: − On August 6, 2018, [[Facebook]], [[Apple Inc.]], [[YouTube]], [[Pinterest]]<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/06/pinterest-removes-alex-jones-and-infowars-from-platform-in-response-to-mashable-press-enquiry/ Pinterest Removes Alex Jones and InfoWars from Platform in Response to Mashable Press Enquiry] at Breitbart.com</ref> and [[Spotify]] acted in [[collusion]] with each other to ban InfoWars from their respective platforms, in violation of the [[First Amendment]], under specious claims of "hate speech" and "violations" of their terms of service.<ref name="InfoWars Ban">[https://www.infowars.com/the-real-reason-apple-facebook-spotify-youtube-banned-infowars/ The Real Reason Apple, Facebook, Spotify & YouTube Banned InfoWars] at InfoWars</ref> Not surprisingly, liberal celebrities such as Chelsea Handler, Debra Messing, [[George Takei]], Morgan Freeman and [[Kathy Griffin]] took to Twitter to gleefully celebrate the censorship of InfoWars (which led to their pro-censorship tweets being heavily attacked in response on their Twitter accounts),<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/06/hollywood-celebrates-masters-of-the-universe-banning-alex-jones-its-about-damn-time/ Hollywood Celebrates Masters of the Universe Banning Alex Jones] at Breitbart.com</ref> while InfoWars columnist [[Paul Joseph Watson]] commented that the real reason behind the coordinated effort by the involved social media companies to censor the site is because of the following reasons:+
→Liberal censorship: Private companies are not covered by the first amendment.
==Liberal censorship==
==Liberal censorship==
In a huge on free speech, [[Facebook]], [[Apple Inc.]], [[YouTube]], [[Pinterest]]<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/06/pinterest-removes-alex-jones-and-infowars-from-platform-in-response-to-mashable-press-enquiry/ Pinterest Removes Alex Jones and InfoWars from Platform in Response to Mashable Press Enquiry] at Breitbart.com</ref> and [[Spotify]] acted in [[collusion]] with each other to ban InfoWars from their respective platforms on August 6, 2018, under specious claims of "hate speech" and "violations" of their terms of service.<ref name="InfoWars Ban">[https://www.infowars.com/the-real-reason-apple-facebook-spotify-youtube-banned-infowars/ The Real Reason Apple, Facebook, Spotify & YouTube Banned InfoWars] at InfoWars</ref> Not surprisingly, liberal celebrities such as Chelsea Handler, Debra Messing, [[George Takei]], Morgan Freeman and [[Kathy Griffin]] took to Twitter to gleefully celebrate the censorship of InfoWars (which led to their pro-censorship tweets being heavily attacked in response on their Twitter accounts),<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/06/hollywood-celebrates-masters-of-the-universe-banning-alex-jones-its-about-damn-time/ Hollywood Celebrates Masters of the Universe Banning Alex Jones] at Breitbart.com</ref> while InfoWars columnist [[Paul Joseph Watson]] commented that the real reason behind the coordinated effort by the involved social media companies to censor the site is because of the following reasons:
*Efforts by China and the [[European Union]], as well as by [[CNN]] and [[Democrat]] congressman Ted Deutch, to force those companies to do their bidding in limiting and censoring free speech and to interfere in American elections.<ref name="InfoWars Ban"/>
*Efforts by China and the [[European Union]], as well as by [[CNN]] and [[Democrat]] congressman Ted Deutch, to force those companies to do their bidding in limiting and censoring free speech and to interfere in American elections.<ref name="InfoWars Ban"/>