Twitter has finally ended the ongoing controversy over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones continued presence on its platform, banning both Jones and his site Infowars from Twitter and its video service Periscope.

The permanent ban came less than a month after Jones was temporarily banned from Twitter for a Periscope video in which he called on viewers to get their “battle rifles” ready for dealing with members of the media.

“Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope,” said the Twitter Safety account. “We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behaviour policy, in addition to the accounts past violations.

“As we continue to increase transparency around our rules and enforcement actions, we wanted to be open about this action given the broad interest in this case. We do not typically comment on enforcement actions we take against individual accounts for their privacy.

“We will continue to evaluate reports we receive regarding other accounts potentially associated with @realalexjones or @infowars and will take action if content that violates our rules is reported or if other accounts are utilised in an attempt to circumvent their ban.”

Twitter and CEO Jack Dorsey have faced considerable criticism for allowing Jones and Infowars to retain an account on the platform. A large number of other social networks and other media services including Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and Vimeo have all banned Jones for hate speech and inciting violence.

The move comes less that 24 hours after Dorsey appeared in from of the Senate Intelligence Committee, where he agreed to a civil rights audit and increased transparency in abuse reporting. Alex Jones, along with a group of other far-right activists, attended the hearings and appeared to confront Dorsey at one point, reportedly shouting something about censorship.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Dorsey had previously personally stepped in to overrule staff decisions to ban Alex Jones from Twitter, but it appears as though this personal meeting (or at least close call) between the two was enough to change his mind.