Apple removes Infowars apps from App Store: Report

By Naomi Lim

Published September 8, 2018 9:36pm ET

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Apple removes Infowars apps from App Store: Report — Alex Jones of Infowars speaks outside of the Dirksen building of Capitol Hill after listening to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Apple reportedly pulled five applications from its App Store late Friday that are associated with Infowars, the website founded by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

An Apple spokeswoman told the Wall Street Journal the technology company removed the apps for violating its guidelines for developers, which prohibit content that is “offensive, insensitive, upsetting…or in exceptionally poor taste.” However, she did not specify what exactly triggered the decision.

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