# Bogus coronavirus claims lead Google Play to finally give Infowars the boot **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 30, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogus-coronavirus-claims-lead-google-play-to-finally-give-infowars-the-boot/850684 "2020-03-30T18:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogus-coronavirus-claims-lead-google-play-to-finally-give-infowars-the-boot/850684/1 "2020-03-30T18:36:52Z")
It’s about time. > **[Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/google-bans-infowars-app-over-coronavirus-claims/)** > > Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit. > [@](#): > > On Friday, Google removed the Infowars Android app from its Play Store, extinguishing one of the last mainstream strongholds of infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The takedown came on the heels of a video, posted in the Infowars app last week and viewed by Wired, in which Jones disputed the need for social distancing, shelter in place, and quarantine efforts meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogus-coronavirus-claims-lead-google-play-to-finally-give-infowars-the-boot/850684/2 "2020-03-30T20:48:54Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It’s about time. Seconding that.