![]() A user named called for armed conflict against “transphobic” people, who he calls fascists, in a response to leftist trans live streamer Clara Sorrenti, also known as “Kefalls.” A Nov. 6 was removed by Twitter for an unknown violationĪdditionally, tweets posted with examples of militant trans activists making threats of violence on Twitter were removed. I included those screenshots and tagged Ms. “Peterson is a transphobic, alt-right mouthpiece who should be afraid to show his face,” tweeted The account had previously called for “terrorizing” oppressors in a tweet targeting the U.S. ![]() And without being able to produce uncensored evidence of the far-left’s violent extremism on social media, how could the public be made aware of the severity of threats?įor posterity, here are the remaining three posts that were removed for unspecified violations.Ī tweet posted on Monday reported out that the violent extremist Minneapolis account, urged comrades to mask up and attack Jordan Peterson’s speaking events in the city. It also gives the extremists an opportunity to delete the posts in order to hide that they ever existed. Reporting a tweet violation on Twitter through the built-in option means it can remain online for days and weeks, spreading among militants while keeping those outside of those silos in the dark. Some simply post publicly available information about a target (e.g., a business or charity address) with the statement, “You know what to do.” In those instances, what should I censor, especially if the tweets are still live? For example, some violent extremists will use emojis of fire and bricks, or the (toy) gun. Irwin sounds fair but doesn’t issue guidelines on what exactly to censor if posts are indirect or subtle in their incitement to violence. You can post redacted versions of the tweets but posting the threat in full, without redaction just amplifies the incitement further and impacts our ability to prevent harm.” Irwin responding in a tweet: “We want users to report tweets that incite violence through our reporting flow so we can remove them. ![]() Several accounts with large followings brought attention to my conditioned suspension leading to Ms. My Twitter wall currently looks like this: While trying to figure out what had happened, I saw that tweet after tweet of my reporting on Antifa from the last few days was being nuked for unknown reasons. Irwin and included the URL of one of the extremist posts. When logged in to Twitter, these were the options presented to Andy Ngoīut now, for unclear reasons, reporting on extremist content appears to also fall foul of unspecified “Twitter rules.” Within minutes of my account being locked, a series of other news tweets I posted within the last few days were also removed.Ī follow-up post in a thread about the TPUSA Oregon event posted screenshots of two other live tweets calling for an “all out” attack on the event. Using this style of short breaking news reporting on Twitter about Twitter, some extremist accounts I helped shed light on were subsequently suspended since Elon Musk’s takeover last year. That tweet is part of my daily reporting on Twitter where I routinely post screenshots and links to primary evidence of far-left violent extremist accounts using Twitter to incite, organize or praise violence. Twitter removed this tweet for unspecified rule violations I also included a link to the URL of the tweet in question so that Twitter Safety and my followers can see the original post in context. I included a screenshot of a live tweet by one of the Antifa accounts advertising the violent direct action and a flyer for the TPUSA event. cc: Irwin is the head of Twitter’s trust and safety. have announced plans to attack a campus event today featuring black speakers & Antifa tell their members to wear black uniforms & masks (bloc), & to assault their targets. The tweet in question said exactly this: “#Antifa in Eugene, Ore. Violating one of our Rules.” What rule that is is not stated. “We have determined that this account violated the Twitter Rules. “Your account has been locked,” reads the notice when I log in. On Tuesday night, I was informed by Twitter that a story I broke on the platform about Antifa announcing plans on Twitter to attack a TPUSA event at the University of Oregon had violated its rules.
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