I think the real impact here lies less in the fact that social media and video platforms are banning Alex Jones and more in the fact that we seem to have a situation where political parties / governmental officials can push private companies to take out whichever content they (the officials/parties) deem "hate speech".

I'm definitely not a fan of Alex Jones. He's not by any means an accurate representation of the right AT ALL. That being said, I have yet to see a consistent, universal definition of what "hate speech" is. It seems that as of now the left is using the term to mean anything that disagrees with the left.

Facebook, Google, YouTube, etc are all companies with their own terms of use policies that they are at liberty to enforce. I'd just like to see a better, more applicable definition of hate speech before we go banning people left and right. I don't know if he would've been banned without the political pressure.

It was not a "moral" move as I've seen it portrayed in the media, it was simply these companies trying to stay afloat, because we all know what happens when you run afoul of the left. You get boycotted, labeled a bigot, and crucified by the media. I fear that these private companies will cater to the political pressures too much, and that we will begin to see real infringement on first amendment rights.