Less than 24 hours after allowing it, Roku bans the Infowars channel
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Over the course of 24 hours, the streaming service made an about-face.
Yesterday, concerned cord-cutters expressed dismay about a new channel Roku allowed on its service: Infowars. This, of course, is the Alex Jones-controlled channel that has for years peddled conspiracy theories, such as that 9/11 was an inside job and that the Sandy Hook shooting was fake. Over the last six months, major digital platforms–including YouTube, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and others–all announced they were banning Jones and Infowars. Roku, it seems, didn’t get the memo. At least not until last night.