Downloads of the Infowars iPhone app are up '10x' after Apple made the decision to boot 'The Alex Jones Show' (AAPL)
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- Apple removed most of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars podcasts from its directory on Sunday.
- However, Apple didn't remove the official Infowars app from its App Store, which allows access to much of the same material.
- It now looks like the decision to remove the podcasts has caused downloads of the Infowars app to spike — one analyst said it looked like downloads had gone up 10x.
- It's now the No. 4 news app in the U.S. App Store, ahead of CNN, Fox News, and The New York Times.
Apple removed five Infowars podcasts from iTunes late Sunday night, starting a domino reaction of other tech companies removing the controversial media group's content from their platforms. The removed podcasts included the popular "The Alex Jones Show," which has been known to promote conspiracy theories.
But although Apple removed Infowars from its podcast directory, it did not remove the official Infowars app from its separate App Store platform. That app, called Infowars Official, has some of the exact same content as the podcast — including livestreams and the most recently recorded broadcast of "The Alex Jones Show."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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