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PayPal Dumps Alex Jones, Infowars

by VOA News

   PayPal, the digital payments company, says it has cut business ties
   with far-right media personality Alex Jones and his Infowars website.

   A PayPal spokesman said Friday, "We undertook an extensive review of
   the Infowars sites, and found instances that promoted hate or
   discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions,
   which run counter to our core value of inclusion."

   Infowars said the move is a ploy aimed at sabotaging Jones' online
   influence just weeks ahead of the midterm elections.

   In recent months, several other companies, including Apple, Twitter,
   Facebook and YouTube have either dumped or limited their connection
   with Jones.

   Jones is one of the country's most controversial media figures, known
   for saying the President George W. Bush White House was responsible for
   the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He also called the 2012 Sandy
   Hook elementary school shooting a fake. Some of the parents of the
   murdered children are suing Jones.