Although some of you may already be aware of how Twitter trends are usually emphasized by rather trivial matters, but the official powers-that-be have de-verified the account of British Conservative columnist Milo Yiannopoulos stating that he 'broke the rules' and not provided further explanation. I've been following his posts for over a year now, and he's been using Twitter like any other human with opinions: simply exercising his right to free expression. Well, it turns out that free expression has a few conditions on Twitter, and I can no longer consider it a supporter of such a right. The trend relating to this matter is called '#JeSuisMilo'.
It would appear that the following 'rule' is being used by Twitter administrators to block or de-verify specific accounts, depending on what they say: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170425?lang=en#
There are many verified Twitter accounts which say far more disingenuous things than what Milo has posted, but he gets singled out and no viable justification has been given.
This, to me, is getting extremely close to direct censorship. No, his account has not been banned, but why would they give him a slap on the wrist for posting harmless opinions? This smells very wrong, and I'm not referring to my choice of toilet paper either.
It would appear that the following 'rule' is being used by Twitter administrators to block or de-verify specific accounts, depending on what they say: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170425?lang=en#
There are many verified Twitter accounts which say far more disingenuous things than what Milo has posted, but he gets singled out and no viable justification has been given.
This, to me, is getting extremely close to direct censorship. No, his account has not been banned, but why would they give him a slap on the wrist for posting harmless opinions? This smells very wrong, and I'm not referring to my choice of toilet paper either.
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