Roku Reverses On Adding Infowars After Backlash

The Hill reports:

Roku said late Tuesday that it deleted its channel for InfoWars just hours after the streaming platform said the show, which is hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, didn’t violate its content policies.

Roku initially defended its decision in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday, saying that it “allows our customers to choose from thousands of entertainment, news and special interest channels, representing a wide range of topics and viewpoints.”

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

Name the “concerned parties.”

You went from being a champion of free expression to just another corporate censor within a matter of like 6 hours.

Shame.

— Gab.com (@getongab) January 16, 2019

For those who are interested, you can follow Alex Jones on https://t.co/J3Rfto6fi3: the Home of Free Speech online. Grab your free account at https://t.co/J3Rfto6fi3.

How long before you are unpersoned and censored by Silicon Valley? https://t.co/CuTXc84qNT

— Gab.com (@getongab) January 16, 2019