Roku deletes Alex Jones' Infowars after user outrage and canceled orders

[Julian Englis]

Source: Boing Boing

Following up on our earlier story about Roku re-platforming Alex Jones and Infowars, it looks like Roku got so much criticism from users, they've reversed course and will remove the Infowars app.
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After the InfoWars channel became available, we heard from concerned parties and have determined that the channel should be removed from our platform. Deletion from the channel store and platform has begun and will be completed shortly.

— Roku (@Roku) January 16, 2019

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“A Roku spokesperson tells me that after it heard from 'concerned parties,' the company determined it should remove the InfoWars app,” CNN's Oliver Darcy tweeted this evening.

Roku said “Deletion from the channel store and platform has begun and will be completed shortly.”

Read more: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/15/roku-deleting-alex-jones-and-i.html

[mastermind]

1. Been a year since I last used my Roku & don't plan on using it again but glad they kicked the turd n

[mwooldri]

2. Looks like deletion from the platform not just the channel store.

Roku has "private channels" that don't appear in the channel store. It's one thing to take a channel private. It's another to remove it completely from the platform. Good for Roku

[TeamPooka]

3. oops

[tazkcmo]

4. That was quick.

Decision making at the top of many of our businesses seems to be being done by a Scrooge McDuck persona that is also oblivious to today's world mood.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Good. I have a friend who listens to Alex Jones every day.

My friend isn't stupid, but he lacks critical thinking skills. For somebody like him, Alex Jones is poisonous. I hope they stop Jones's broadcasts. He's a sick piece of shit and he's been spreading his filth around long enough.

[Obvious85]

6. With Fox News constant attacks on the FBI

We need the advertisers to stop sponsoring these attacks on the rule of law. How can we do this?