Vimeo just decided to remove content from InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

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• Vimeo is the latest platform to removed InfoWars’ account from its platform, following Facebook and YouTube.
• InfoWars' videos violated the company’s Terms of Service prohibitions on discriminatory and hateful content, a Vimeo spokesperson told Business Insider.
• InfoWars also became a hot-button topic at Vimeo last week, Business Insider has learned, with several employees at the company dissatisfied with its handling of the issue.

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Vimeo has removed Alex Jones' InfoWars from its platform for violating the company's Terms of Service standards, a Vimeo spokesperson told Business Insider on Sunday. 

The videos, posted on Thursday and Friday "violated our Terms of Service prohibitions on discriminatory and hateful content,"  the spokesperson said, adding that Vimeo had notified the account owner and issued a refund, as "we do not want to profit from content of this nature in any way."

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