Apple permanently banned InfoWars from the App Store — but it's still live on Android

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• Apple on Friday banned the InfoWars app from its App Store for violating the company's rules about "objectionable content."
• InfoWars, a well-known conspiracy theory outlet, has recently been kicked off various web platforms, including being permanently banned from Twitter.
• The InfoWars app is still extant on the Google Play Store for Android phones, and has over 100,000 downloads.

Apple permanently banned InfoWars, the conspiracy theory outlet owned by Alex Jones, on Friday citing violations of its rules on "objectionable content."

Apple told Reuters that InfoWars had specifically violated rules on, "defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content, including references or commentary about religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin, or other targeted groups, particularly if the app is likely to humiliate, intimidate, or place a targeted individual or group in harm's way."

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