The tech giants' decisions to block content by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones may encourage other platforms to crackdown on his incendiary rhetoric, says Mashable's Heather Dockray. ["The claims he's making have always been dangerous," Dockray says. "But they seem particularly paranoid as of late."](mashable.com)
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