Google has banned the Infowars Android app from the Google Play store, the company confirmed to Wired on Friday. While conspiracy theories and lawsuits from parents who said he’d lied about them and their children weren’t enough to earn Jones the boot, Wired reports that the final straw came after Jones published a video disputing quarantine and social distancing efforts meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Google and other companies have banded together to combat misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, and in a statement a spokesperson said “Now more than ever, combating misinformation on the Play Store is a top priority for the team.” The only question left is why they waited so long to do something that seemed inevitable from the start.
Apple permanently banned the Infowars app from the App Store in September 2018, citing App Store guidelines that forbid content that’s “offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste.”
